Gas Prices FALL .... !!! I don't know who's been to the gas pump today, but I filled up our family van -- and did a double-take at the price! It was LOW ....

From the Austin Statesman:

Retail gasoline prices, falling since July 4, have dropped below $2 a gallon in a number of states and are approaching $1.50 at some service stations. The price of crude oil is also falling, hitting a 20-month low Tuesday.

As consumers are getting price relief at the pump amid concerns about a weak job market and slumping investments, economic reports increasingly suggest that they are hanging on to whatever gas savings they are receiving ..

Today, the price had lowered enough that it was very, very noticeable.

This is good news -- and will probably not be reported until there's a Democrat in the White House!

However, towards the end of the article:

Oil prices fell despite signs that members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are going ahead with production cuts that were agreed to at an emergency meeting last month. Many analysts are expecting another cut by OPEC, which will meet Dec. 17 in Algeria

Swell.  ¶ 8:35 PM |

  An Orphaned Eagle ... I don't think I can improve on this ... push play!



The eagle was obviously named after the "Challenger" space shuttle -- but the sentiment could be applied to a few events since 2000 ...  ¶ 3:19 AM |

  Thoughts On Becoming the "Obama" Nation In the words of HotChick Budgie "there's not going to be an apocalypse, no, we're not going to become socialist... everything's going to be fine. Get over it!!!"

Adrian, the cabdriver from Australia, observes the reaction of an African American passenger:

As he bade me farewell in the City I also congratulated him on the “sensational day.” This caused him to prop and correct me, “No, no man. It’s your victory, too!”

He seemed to assume I was congratulating him on a racial victory, which I wasn’t. Or that an Obama victory is a win for me as a global citizen, which remains to be seen.

No matter. I’m taking this opportunity to congratulate Barack Obama, the Democratic Party and their supporters on a momentous victory. Whilst I supported McCain, despite serious misgivings over his age, I found Obama’s awesome speeches and imparting of optimism truly inspirational

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Click to the title link for the rest of Adrian's article ... it's worth looking at ...

I'm trying to be philosophical about Obama's victory ... he does indeed give a truly wonderful speech ... but actions speak louder than words, and what he has done, and has promised to do is very far from inspirational ...

We've also had eight years of a Republican President, and it's about time for another party to gain the office.

Banjo Jones, over at Brazosport news quotes a fellow from Kenya: ... Because Obama has won, we will have a change in the whole world. And for that I will slaughter a cockrel to celebrate with my family ...

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  The Day Turned to Night, and the Air Turned To Dust ... It's 9/11, 2008 ... the seventh anniversary of something somber ...

Haystack published a prayer on RedState:

Almighty God, the past year will be indelibly inscribed in our memories.

We looked with horror on the terrorist attacks of last September 11th. But we looked with honor on acts of courage by ordinary people who sacrificed themselves to prevent further death and destruction.

We shed our tears in a common bond of grief for those we loved and lost. We journeyed through a dark valley, but your light has led us to a place of hope. You have turned our grief into determination. We are resolved to do what is good, and right, and just.

Help us to remember what it means to be Americans— a people endowed with abundant blessings. Help us to cherish the freedoms we enjoy and inspire us to stand with courage, united as one Nation in the midst of any adversity.

Lord, hear this prayer for our Nation. Amen

And here's my own memorial to one who died in the towers, titled "The Hymn for Alexander Chaing"

. From CuppaPolitics, 9/11/2006, a quote from the NY Times:


As teenagers, John and Grace Chiang had never slept in on weekends. Every Saturday morning at 7 a.m., their father, Alex Chiang, would sing hymns at the top of his voice in the kitchen to wake them and his wife, Sunny. If no one stirred after 10 minutes, he would walk into each bedroom to perform.

"We would say, 'Get out, Dad,' and he would only try to sing louder and louder until we got up," John said. "I complained about it all the time. Now I miss it."

Alex Chiang, 51, and his family traveled from their home in New City, N.Y., to Franklin Park, N.J., every Saturday to meet with other members of the nondenominational church that he helped found more than a decade ago. The Chiangs would stay the night with others and return home on Sunday evening. "He's a very faithful person," his wife said.

Mr. Chiang, a computer specialist at Marsh & McLennan, treated other church members with such kindness, said Paul Du, a close friend, that more than 1,200 people came to his memorial service in October.

After John Chiang, 22, moved into a sparsely furnished Manhattan apartment as a young banker, he seldom visited his parents. "So on Labor Day weekend, my dad enticed me home by promising that he would bring me to Ikea," John said. "We bought a lot of heavy stuff. He dropped me off in my apartment, and then he was gone." That was the last he saw of his father..

The title quote is also from RedState, from someone's account last year, and it's always stuck with me.

Mr. Chaing's photo is above.

Stetson Tip to Lone Star Times for helping me remember the 2996 project ... and guys, here at the Budgie Household, we're kinda hoping that Ike moseys a little farther away from y'all.  ¶ 7:00 AM |

  Gotta Love the Brits From the London Times Online, courtesy of Hannity and Colmes:


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  Have A Safe And Happy 4th!

What Your These Fireworks Say About You

You are chaotic, inspired, and very creative. You're so creative, people don't really recognize your creativity. What's expressive for you sometimes looks like a mess. But you don't really care... you enjoy making your messes!

Go ahead -- take the fireworks test -- you KNOW you want to !!!  ¶ 1:58 PM |

  So Small A Town ... So Large A Heart ....
It was graduation day for a town so tiny that there were only 10 boys and 8 girls who received their high school diplomas. That's not because of a drop-out rate, it's because the town is so small.

The town is Greenburg, Kansas ... which was absolutely devastated by a tornado about a year ago. Yet, the townsfolk astonished a nation with their determination to rebuild and rekindle hope.

Mr. Bush gave the high school commencement address ... and personally handed out all 18 diploma's ... it must have been an amazing day, and an honor to host the President of the US.

The school board apparently made allowances, though -- at first, the graduation was to be held next weekend, however it conflicted with Jenna Bush's wedding, so arrangements were made ...

For details from the AP, please click to the title link.

This is the kind of action that makes the other presidential wannabees look small.  ¶ 5:43 PM |

  Olympic Torch Snuffed - Hillary Flares ... It's a terrible year for the tattered Olympic Torch.

In quite a colorful display, the Olympic Torch was snuffed out today in Paris. From the AP: PARIS (AP) -- Paris' Olympic torch relay descended into chaos Monday, with protesters scaling the Eiffel Tower, grabbing for the flame and forcing security officials to repeatedly snuff out the torch and transport it by bus past demonstrators yelling "Free Tibet!"

The issue is that the Olympics are to be held in Beijing this summer. The protests have centered primarily around Chinese suppression of the expression of Tibetan religious beliefs.

Hillary Clinton seized the event to call on President Bush to boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympics. From the UK telegraph:

..."The violent clashes in Tibet and the failure of the Chinese government to use its full leverage with Sudan to stop the genocide in Darfur are opportunities for presidential leadership," Mrs Clinton said.

Citing China's links to the Sudanese government - one of several relationships with African nations actively fostered by Beijing - Mrs Clinton said Mr Bush should not plan on attending the opening ceremonies unless there were "major changes by the Chinese government" ...

What Hillary forgets to mention is that she and Bill were invited to Tiananmen Square during the Clinton presidency. Tiananmen Square is the site where hundreds of protestors were gunned down by the Chinese military on June 4th, 1989. The demonstrators were peacefully protesting authoritarianism and economic policies of the CCP. and for democratic reform.

About a decade after the slaughter, the President and First Lady of the US were honored with a "red carpet welcoming ceremony" right at the edge of Tiananmen Square. Click here for the CNN story. (Stetson Tip to NativeNewYorker over at Free Republic.)

I'm pretty sure that the symbolism of the moment was not lost on the Chinese. It should not be lost on Americans ... nor should Hillary's hypocrisy of this moment go unnoticed.  ¶ 2:52 PM |

  At Least One Question For Mr. Chavez ..... According to Reuters this morning: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a socialist and fierce U.S. critic, warned on Tuesday that relations with Washington could worsen if Republican candidate John McCain wins this year's presidential election ...

Here's a few questions for Mr. Chavez: 1) Worsen? .... 2) How? 3) Mr. Chavez, you'd prefer maybe Obama, Hillary or ... errr, Mr. Huckabee ... ??? 4) What on earth makes you think your opinion matters to the American electorate ... ?

But, the first question I find myself asking is one I ask myself ... "How crazy IS he ... ?" The answer's a little dismaying ... and can be applied to any of a number of world leaders, like President Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il ... Putin ... ?

Then, of course, you can ask yourself the same question of alot of our Senators and Congressmen ... and the answer is both depressing and confusing! There's not alot we can do about crazy world leaders ... but we keep electing our own "challenged" politico's into office !!!

(Photo above from RedHotCuppaPolitics, circa 2006)  ¶ 10:52 AM |

  FrauBudgie's CuttleBone Crumbs ... There are some days when I ask myself whatever happened to ... ? ... or huh? or WOW!!!

So, I decided to start a feature, which I'll pick up now and again, answering those questions, and maybe a coupla others!

1) WOW! Jenna Bush is getting married to Henry Hager, May 10Th at the Crawford Ranch! Not only is he a Republican, the young man used to be an aid to Karl Rove! Or would the job title be -- dark sorcerer's apprentice to Darth Rove ? Click here for more, and I'll be updating on the details as time goes on ...

2) WOW, and HUZZAH! Prince William flew solo for the first time today -- and only 8 days into his RAF training! Way to go, Prince William ...

3) Whatever happened to ... Matt Wilson, the computer genius from Rice University, last seen December 15h. According to the Rice Police, the young man may have "left on purpose". Click here for more from the Houston Chronicle. And here's the address of Find Matt Wilson.Org, There's a total of $25,000 reward for information -- that breaks down to $5000 from Crime stoppers, $10,000 from Rice, and another $10,000 from the family. Here also is the link to the "Help Us Find Matthew Wilson" blogspot. Prayers for the young man's safe return will be winging their way from the Budgie nest, and I will be updating this one as well.

4) Huh? A UFO was spotted and photographed, just outside of (you guessed it) Austin, Texas! Well, actually, the object was spotted in Stephenville ... and reported by Austin media, then by the national news. As I was driving down the highway last night, I thought it was an early broadcast from Coast-to-Coast ... then this afternoon, Shepherd Smith's reporting on the sighting!

I guess Ron Paul's shipping in his voters!   ¶ 1:34 PM |

  Hugging The Laundry In "A Place Where No Shadows Fall.." Fame is not something that a lowly blogger realistically hopes to achieve ... a few folks know about Michelle Malkin, maybe the Kos Kids ... and Omar and Mohammed at Iraq the Model, mentioned about a year ago by President Bush.

That changed tonight. FoxNews mentioned Andrew Olmsted, gave directions to his website and quoted from his last post. It's every blogger's dream ... the problem is, his last post was truly his last post.

Olmsted was killed in Iraq more than a week ago. He'd given an article to his friend, to publish in the event of his death. It had to be published January 4th, 2008. The article was very moving, please take a few minutes to check it out here ...

Here's part of the quote from the last article aired on FoxNews: "I do ask ...that no one try to use my death to further their political purposes. I went to Iraq and did what I did for my reasons, not yours..."

When I first read his article, I was struck by his references to Babylon 5, and his moving tribute to his wife at the end ... complete with a quote from Princess Bride ... He posted under the name G'Kar, a character Babylon 5 fans will recognize.

Olmstead wrote in his last post: It would be nice to believe that I died leading men in battle, preferably saving their lives at the cost of my own. More likely I was caught by a marksman or an IED.

He called it right -- Major Olmsted died while trying to talk some insurgents into surrendering so that his men wouldn't have to kill them. A sniper took his life.

Here's a quote from one of his friends, which I'd like to share with you:

Andy and I were chatting on Adium; some calamity had befallen the heat in Andy's room, and he had mentioned being quite cold; I had gone to put my laundry in the dryer, and had just returned.

Andy: *waves to laundry*

Me: *laundry would wave back, but has been trapped in dryer*

Andy: *runs to free laundry*

Me: *laundry thinks: our saviour!*

Me: *laundry offers toasty warmness to Andy*

Andy: *hugs laundry*

Me: *laundry hugs Andy*

Andy: *smiles*

Me: *though, in fairness, laundry would hug anyone who let it out of horrid dryer*

The fact that no one will ever, spontaneously, write *hugs laundry* to me again seems unimaginably sad. .

Seems sad to me, too. But, in Olmsted's last post, he quoted Delenn, the ambassador from Babylon 5. Delenn reassured her partner: "I will see you again, in the place where no shadows fall....."

Wherever Major Olmsted is, I hope he is hugging the laundry, and perhaps blogging, in the place where no shadows fall ...

If you have a moment, read the post and notice that Olmsted directs us to "enjoy the happy fact that you're alive ... "  ¶ 6:09 PM |

  An Unfortunate Marine UPDATE11/12 : Rest in Peace, Lance Corporal ... and may your and your soon-to-be born baby be cradled in the arms of the Lord.

Also, please see Brian's comment ... "Ugh - this is bad. My heart goes out to her family - and I hope that swift justice finds the evil men who killed her."

So do I, Brian, and thank-you.

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11/11 On the right, please see the photo of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, here at Red Hot Cuppa Politics, we wish her well, and hope that she is found very, very soon ...

To those few readers who saw my own earlier post, I've sent it to the wastebin, where it belongs.  ¶ 11:31 AM |

  Choices, Choices !!! If you're awake in the wee small hours of the morning, and have a choice between Nascar racing, or viewing re-runs of Chris Matthews hosting the Democrat Presidential Primary debates, so yourself a favor and just push play!



The above is shorter than the debates, and less noisy than race cars ... and, to be honest, it can apply to the Republican would-be presidential candidates as well.  ¶ 12:35 PM |

  16 Constitutional Amendments Approved In Texas ... So night before last, Professor Budgie and I girded ourselves to perform our civic duties. This means voting on the proposed 16 constitutional amendments, and for us, it meant to read through them and try to make sense out of gibberish.

Most of our conversation that night revolved around which ones we might vote YES on ... and why. Between us, we found about four "yesses" and a couple of "well, maaaybe's". Yesterday, we strode determinedly to the polls, and I remembered the advice that it's best to just hold your nose and vote!

The results were tabulated by tonight.

I guess we were in the lonely minority -- according to the Texas Secretary of State's office, a little over 8% of Texans bothered to vote. we were some of the few who thought about the word "no." Click here for the statistical analysis ...

In summary, a tiny minority of Texans bothered to vote, and of those who did -- the majority said "Well, y'all just go ahead!"

Or, in the words of the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, title link:

AUSTIN -- Texas voters gave state lawmakers a giant credit card Tuesday night, authorizing nearly $10 billion in future spending on cancer research, highways, prisons, park upgrades, courthouse restoration programs and other government projects, according to incomplete returns.

So, the Texas Lege strikes again -- these are the guys that should not be trusted with a paper clip -- and voters have handed them our wallets!

92 percent of Texans didn't bother to vote. The tiny minority that voted overwhelmingly approved every single thing the Lege wanted.

So, if you're Texan, and you wonder where the village idiots come from, you might take a glance in the mirror.  ¶ 4:50 PM |

  X-Mas Playboy Interview Of The Month! There are those who buy Playboy for the photo's ... there are those who only buy it for the fiction and the interviews -- and there are those who only get Playboy for the interviews with Bill Richardson!

Interesting product placement ... hmmm?

There's an interview with Bill Richardson in the Christmas issue of Playboy ... or at least, it's billed as such on the cover. However, it turns out to be an interview done by Jeff Greenfield, who's not exactly a Playboy reporter, at least the last I heard!

Dunno if Richardson agreed to the re-print, or what the deal might have been ... and of course, I'm aware that ProfessorBudgie would only get the magazine for interviews with Democrat Presidential Hopefuls.

I earnestly hope there's not a pictoral of female Democratic hopefuls ........  ¶ 4:42 PM |

  Prayers For The Brave Of The Home ...

The above photo is copied from a chain e-mail that deserves to be passed on. It's an article from RedState written by the inimitable HayStack!

HayStack quotes the letter:

"As I reflect on this photograph, I see once again that not all the brave leave the "home of the brave" to enter battle; some are required now to be the brave of the home.

It is said a picture is worth a thousand words but it leaves me speechless and tears in my eyes"

So very well said -- the letter goes on to ask for prayers. And don't be shy about passing it on.

For the total text and HayStack's coments, click to the title link.  ¶ 12:31 PM |

  Grinning Pumpkins
Late night, early morn here at the Budgie "nesthold." HotChick and Young Rooster have flown to their respective perches. But I've carved a jack-o-lantern almost every year for the past 20 years (well except last year).

If you've never carved a pumpkin, I'll mention it's not for the faint-of-heart. First, you gotta hack out the lid, then you start removing the guts -- stringy slimey pumpkin threads, seeds, gooshy stuff -- then ya gotta scrape the shell. If the shell's too thick, you don't see the orangey goodness when you light the candle ...

Then ya carefully pencil a couple of triangle eyes, and a grin. If you're really skilled and want to get fancy, you can carve out some irregular block teeth!

Then, there's the question of what ya do with the pumpkin meat ... save it? Toss it? Try to feed it to the dog? Roll it up, freeze it and make orange snowballs out of it?

ProfessorBudgie stated a fondness for fresh pumpkin pie -- so in the past I've tried to prepare it out of the the fresh pumpkin chunks . The results have been disasterous to put it conservatively ... we've had pumpkin puree, pumpkin soup, pumpkin mousse ... all ghastly both to the eye and the pallet!

Well, what I lack in skill, I make up for in cussed determination -- I got our Jack O' Lantern carved last night --big triangle eyes, little bitty triangle nose, and a biiiig grin! And I just sent the pumpkin chunks to the great pumpkin patch in the garbage ...

So we're ready for Halloween night ...

I remember some Halloween fun when the chicks were not more than fledglings ... We had this big lazy black cat who'd go out trick or treating with us. We skipped the houses which were dark, but the cat didn't -- he'd sit patiently on the sidewalk, and look at us quizzically as if to say "Hey, guys! You missed one!"


For true Halloween horror, take a look at the image to the left!  ¶ 4:28 AM |

  The "Village Idiots" Ride Again! Those of you who are my fellow Texans know exactly what I mean by the village idiots -- for those of you who don't -- "village idiots" is the term we Texans use to refer to the state legislature. It's coined after Molly Ivins' phrase that "when the 'Texas lege' is in session, many a village is missing its idiot!"

So, this year, they've come up with 16 -- count them -- sixteen amendments to the Texas constitution .... and of course, it's difficult to make sense of them!

As a responsible voter, I try to make sense of referendums, propositions and candidates to make a reasoned decision, and I've learned never to expect much out of the lege. But this time, there are sixteen amendments, to a constitution which is okay to begin with ... and it's tough to figure which amendments are rational. Alot of them seem to smack of pork, and pandering ....

Here's a sampling from the Waco Tribune, title link. (my comments are in red):

Proposition 1: "Angelo State University’s membership was recently transferred from the Texas State University System to the Texas Tech University System. The amendment clarifies the university’s legal right to continue receiving funding after the transfer ..." (why does it include only one university, and why do we need a state constitutional amendment???)

Proposition 9: Exempts all or part of the market value of the residence homesteads of veterans certified as having a service-connected 100 percent disability rating.
It would also clarify the progression of property tax exemptions available to veterans who are less than 100 percent disabled (I can live with this one)

Proposition 11: Requires a vote taken in either house of the Legislature to be recorded by a record vote, if the vote was on final passage of a bill, other than local bills, a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment, or any other resolution that is not purely ceremonial. The record vote must be archived and available for public viewing on the Internet for at least two years ... (okay -- gives voters a chance to see how their elected representatives are doing)

Proposition 14: Limits a state justice or judge’s service to Dec. 31 of the fourth year of the term if he or she is elected to all or part of a six-year term, and reaches mandatory retirement age during the first four years of said term. (I'm not crazy about this one -- we're talking about judges here -- men and women who have spent most of their lives evaluating cases and knowing the Texas law, I think they should be depended on to evaluate themselves, and know when they should quit ...)

If you'd like to read a Texan's opinion of the 16 amendments, click to PStern, a blogger over at the Austin Statesman. His title gives a clue: We don't need 16 Constitutional Amendments. What we do need is honest and unbiased representation!

The Lone Star Times weighs in here. Take a look at the comments if you have time ...

Once again, I have the urge to apologize to HotChick and YoungRooster Budgies that the older generation can't come up with better candidates, and more coherent issues -- they've just reached voting age ...  ¶ 2:31 PM |

  Burn, Baby Burn -- In Hades .... Another face of Evil -- The guy to the right is Russell Lane Daves, 27 -- the firebug who killed dozens of people, and destroyed billions of dollars worth of property in S. California. (Including teddy bears and kittens)

When I first heard that the suspect had been killed by police in San Bernardino, I thought ... too bad. I wanted to know more about the guy, his background -- and I wanted to make sure he was the right guy. Mostly, I didn't want to hear about a drawn out court case, didn't want to hear liberals whine about his deprived childhood -- didn't want to know about how it was prompted by Bush failure ....... Etc.

More details came out -- apparently, the police found him trying to set another brushfire ... and as the police chased him, he tried to ram his pick-up truck into a police cruiser. That's when the cops nailed him -- and justly so! Once again, lives are saved ...

Click to the title for the ABC 15 news story ...

PS: To the stragglers who still drop in now and again, I want to say thanks for the good wishes and prayers about a year ago!  ¶ 1:58 PM |

  Searching for Gopherwood In North Texas Gopher wood, for those unfamiliar with Biblical Text is the wood the Lord recommended to Noah to build the Ark .. so we're flooding here in North Texas ... having grown up on the Gulf Coast, and experiencing a buncha Category Zillion hurricanes, I'm not too upset ... but i'm not heartless ... folks are suffering -- houses lost and little kids drowning ...

Here's the worst -- the FEMA's are Coming! The FEMA's are coming!!! It's the final indignity ... Hey, here in North Texas, we can find our own gopher wood, dangit!

But, they're here, running around ... it's not Katrina, it's a "little bitty pissant country place with nothin' naughty going on" (that's paraphrased from my personal favorite musical starring Dolly Parton -- the Best L'il Whore House In Texas)

::sigh:: But the FEMA's are here ... waving money and giving press releases ... the naughty secret here in Texas is that most of us are Republican, and they cain't wait to use our little disaster flooding to point out how bad Bush is ... so what's our President going to do? Drive over in his pick-up and bail water into Oklahoma?

Personal Note to the Bloggie Buds -- and you know who you are -- Professor Budgie etc. are fine ... and my beloved husband likes going out swimming with the doggie!  ¶ 11:07 AM |

  Sheer Beauty ....

This one's just for enjoyment ......

Brings class to YOUTUBE, and honor to us all. They're playing for queen Elizabeth ... wouldn't you just love to hear them live!!!! Well, at least there's the play again button ....

Sheer magic struck from steel strings and a horsehair bow ....  ¶ 7:02 AM |

  Wit and Wisdom to God Fearin' Folks ... From e-mail, sent by "The Top Gun of Prayer ..."

K n o w Y o u r H y m n s


Dentist's Hymn ................. I'll wear a Crown

Weatherman's Hymn .............. Showers of Blessings

Contractor's Hymn .............. I'm Building a Home

The Tailor's Hymn .............. Holy, Holy, Holy

The Plumber's Hymn ........... There's a Leak in this Old Building

The Golfer's Hymn .............. There's a Green Hill Far Away

The Politician's Hymn ........ ... Standing on the Promises

Optometrist's Hymn .............. Open My Eyes That I Might See

The IRS Agent's Hymn ............. I Surrender All

The Policeman's Hymn ............. Jesus is My Rock, My Sword, and Shield

The Gossip's Hymn ............... Pass It On

The Single Women's Hymn .......... Amen....A- Men.....Amen

The Electrician's Hymn ........... This Little Light of Mine

The Florist's Hymn .............. There's a Lily in the Valley

The Shopper's Hymn ...................... Sweet Bye and Bye

The Realtor's Hymn .............. I've got a New Home, Over in Zion

The Massage Therapists Hymn ..... ........ He Touched Me

The Doctor's Hymn ....................... Come On In My Room- Jesus is All My Prescriptions

AND for those who speed on the highway here are a few more hymns:

45mph ......................... God Will Take Care of You

65mph ......................... Nearer My God To Thee

85mph ......................... This World Is Not My Home

95mph ......................... Lord, I'm Coming Home

100mph ........................ Precious Memories

(WE've covered the hymns, what about the hers ....?)  ¶ 10:09 AM |

  Ahmadinejad's Indecent Kiss! The mullahs are up in arms about Ahmadinejad's "indecent" kiss ... to an old lady who was one of his former teachers ...

Seems that he kissed her on her hand, and clasped her elbows! But, I guess it was a little much for the mullahs ...

I guess it's the decadent influence of Western Civilization ... after all, the recent Richard Geer kiss was broadcast around the world ... and it was truly repulsive ... the ol' geezer looked like he was a pig slobbering all over an ice cream cone! Grossed me out ...

But, Ahmadinejad seemed to show respect and tenderness to his old teacher .....  ¶ 3:09 PM |

  Hillary Drops Rodham ....
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  Justice In This World


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  HinzSight Says It All Dave, over at HinzSight wraps up the GWOT in an 8 word title ... "D@MNED IF YOU DO AND D@AMNED IF YOU DON'T"

Then he goes on to make some reasonable points about how the Bush administration has bungled.

In what has become a never-ending theme, it appears that the Bush Administration has proven once again that it is incapable of getting it right in the fight against terrorism. Terrorists captured on the battlefields, and housed at Guantanamo in Cuba, upon release, are being mistreated by those countries to which we have sent them. Human Rights Watch, which has been critical of the United States detention of prisoners at Gitmo, is now unhappy with the US turning those same prisoners lose.

Oh. The horror of sending those guys home to the tender mercies of their own countries!

Best to blame Bush for that one, too!

The biggest mistake we've made in Iraq was not flattening Fallujah. And our military did have al-Sadr in its gunsights at one time.

Well, I suppose that the US should just continue to nurture terrorists ... poor, misguided individuals whose only hope of going to Paradise is to blow themselves and others up!
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  Things That Float -- Like Nuclear Power Plants!




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  Pope Benedict Saves Soles!

Above is a photo of red Prada Loafers. I don't think they are for the poor, and I'm pretty sure the pope didn't get Prada Loafers.

For the definitive discussion of "Shoes," press play on the YouTube below:

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  82 Year Old Woman Defends Self, Property ...

From Kentucky.com: WAYNESBURG, Ky. --Don't cross this 82-year-old former Miss America.

When Venus Ramey caught a man she thought was stealing from her farm in south-central Kentucky, she shot the tires out of his vehicle so he'd be stuck there until police came.

Ramey, who was crowned Miss America in 1944, was on her Lincoln County farm last week feeding a horse when she saw her dog run to a nearby building where she stores old equipment. For some time, thieves had been breaking into the building to steal the machines to sell for scrap, she said, so she decided to investigate.

When she confronted a man she found on the property, he said he would leave, she said.

"I said, 'Oh, no you won't,' and I shot their tires so they couldn't leave," Ramey said.

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  Nutcase At NASA ... The latest big story is that a geezer contractor at NASA may have fired two shots, then locked himself in a conference room.

I guess he did fire two shots off, though -- he shot one guy in the chest, and then he shot himself in the head. Problem solved.

He also had a female hostage who was alive and untouched

Now, the news commentators are agonizing over whether or not the US mental health system is doing "enough" for the mentally ill ...

Probably not. Shrinks need to instruct nutcases with guns to shoot themselves FIRST!

Blam -- problem over, and innocent lives are saved.

Click here to NewsChannelFive for the pathetic story.  ¶ 4:11 PM |