The "media" still feels that 'tingle running up their collective legs' and would have us believe that Obama (aka Fearless Leader, aka Big Brother...well you get the idea) still basks in the glow of 110% popular support, along with the party known to some of us as DemSoc.
Not exactly.
The recent (yesterday?) Rasmussen Poll indicates that 77% of Americans feel that Government DOES NOT do the will of the people. The breakdown:
- 63% agree it does not
- 14% aren't sure
- 23% disagree, thinking gooberment 'cares' and is responsive to the people
This might explain the popularity of having "Tea Parties"...but does not explain WHY voters keep electing these people instead of jailing them, or better yet hanging them from trees.
I guess we'll have a clearer idea of where things stand by tax day (April 15th) when the teabags are scheduled to land in Washington.
- As the late great Frank Zappa said: "There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life." To which I might add: "It's concentrated in government, and those who have more faith in government than themselves." [I said that]
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Rico Writes: Poll numbers NOT in the news...
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Kids' opinions of "the ocean"....
1) - This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly, age 6)
2) - Oysters' balls are called pearls. (Jerry, age 6)
3) - If you are surrounded by ocean you are an Island . If you don't have ocean all round you, you are incontinent. ( Wayne , age 7)
4) - Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson . She's not my friend any more. (Kylie, age 6)
5) - A dolphin breaths through an asshole on the top of its head. (Billy, age 8)
6) - My uncle goes out in his boat with 2 other men, a woman and some pots and comes back with crabs. ( Millie, age 6)
7) - When ships had sails, they used to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes when the wind didn't blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have been better off eating beans. (William, age 7)
8) - Mermaids live in the ocean. I like mermaids. They are beautiful and I like their shiny tails, but how on earth do mermaids get pregnant? Like, really? (Helen, age 6)
9) - I'm not going to write about the ocean. My baby brother is always crying, my Dad keeps yelling at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can't think what to write. (Amy, age 6)
10) - Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves into chargers at night. (Christopher, age 7)
11) - When you go swimming in the ocean, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. (Kevin, age 6)
12) - Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Divers can't go down alone, so they have to go down on each other. (Becky, age 8)
13) - On vacation my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she won't do it again because water fired right up her big fat butt. (Julie, age 7)
14) - The ocean is made up of water and fish. Why the fish don't drown I don't know. (Bobby, age 6)
15) - My dad was a sailor on the ocean. He knows all about the ocean. What he doesn't know is why he quit being a sailor and married my mom. (James, age 7)
H/T Old Dude
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Video: Glenn Beck On Obama's Arrogance and Ignorance
On the Obama 'gifts' to Gordon Brown. This is good.
also Credit agency names 283 US firms most likely to go bust. Probably not the most helpful thing to do in the present climate.
Memo to KFC employees.....
Attention All Manchester, NH KFC Employees (and all you other fast food employees that took the little yellow bus to school):
If you get a phone call from someone telling you they’re from corporate headquarters, and you need to test the fire suppression system, that’s usually fine. No need to ask a lot of questions.
If they ask you to test it by having each of you stand underneath it, covering yourselves in hazardous chemicals, time to ask some questions.
If after all that, you tell them the chemicals are irritating your skin, and they advise you to go outside, in the cold, and take off all your chemical-covered clothes and stand behind the building naked… well, it should have sent up some red flags.
It definitely should not have taken them telling you - as you stand naked, shivering in the New Hampshire cold, phone still in hand - to pee on each other to stop the irritation, for you to have realized that maybe that wasn’t HQ on the phone after all.
I thought we settled all this when they trained you not to go fishing in the fryer with your bare hands anymore to clean out the little burned off pieces of chicken you find so delicious.
I know the news report said you were “cooperating fully” with the criminal investigation, but it’s obvious cooperating fully is not your problem. You are excellent at cooperating fully. It’s comprehending fully we need to work on.
Check out the video report here. The Fire Chief trying to keep a straight face through his interview is classic.
H/T DML
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Video: 1/506 inf. 101st airborne in Tag Ab valley Afghanistan
Will someone kindly add 'taste in music' to basic training. The misic in this is dire.
News.....
Special relationship? Obama's people won't even answer the phone, whines Downing Street. Just wait 'til they need our help.
Home from the war... and our troops are greeted by abuse from Muslim protesters. Throw them all out. Apparently people were chucking bacon over the protesters.
Hospitals spend less on their patients' food than prisons on their inmates. The NHS continues to be an expensive joke.
Sorry, it's too wet for swimming: Health and safety close outdoor pool because of rain 'risk'. Only in Britain.
Barack Obama rejects accusation that he is taking on too much too soon. Waaaay too much. He should take a break, preferably for about 4 years.
Robert Mugabe attends funeral for rival Morgan Tsvangirai's wife. Gloating that he has ruined his rivals life.
Soldiers targeted by Muslim extremists in Luton will march again in Watford. Let them take loaded weapons this time.
Family of Gurkha killed in Afghanistan allowed to live in Britain. And so they should.
Dalai Lama: China has created 'hell' in Tibet. Yup. No one is going to do anything about it though.
Monkey 'kills cruel owner with coconut thrown from tree'. Hee hee.
‘Difficult’ Americans hamper G20 efforts to secure a global deal. A global solution is not going to be the answer. Individual nations have different problems and need different solutions.
F1 chief Max Mosley may still sue News of the World over 'Nazi orgy' claim. And he will lose.
Nicolas Sarkozy ignores enemy fire as he marches France back into Nato. There goes the neighbourhood.
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