There is a God!

Just a few minutes ago, I realized the two things that I most despise in this world.  Liberals, and Ohio State University.

Probably in that order.

I'm back

Sorry to the mythical people that might be following this blog.  I lost interest, as there's no evidence that anybody ever actually reads what I write here, or cares.  Except for Ed....

So please, if you actually do come by here and read a post, make a comment.  As much as I'd like to make money off this, let's take baby steps.  At least acknowledge my effort.  For now, that's close enough to money....

Or if you're an eccentric millionaire, then drop me a note, and I'll enlighten you as to how you can contribute to the Greater Good.

A valid point

Just saw a quick little post by Mark Steyn.  He mentions a comment from one of his readers, who makes an excellent point: 

 "When Obama says he'll 'restore America's reputation' what it really means is that people who hate America will be delighted by his election.  Why so many Americans don't see it that way astounds me."

Amen, Brother.  Amen.

Here's a Toughie

I wonder who they all think will win.  What would have the potential to be really shocking is if they took a vote on who they want to win.  I just bet that they all hope McCain wins.  Right?

Huh???

This is the weirdest sports story ever.  I've heard some strange things coming out of our athletic teams- trust me, I'm a Detroit sports fan- but this takes it.

I can't even pretend to imagine I can conceive what the hell could have been going through Bell's "mind".

A bear of small brains

Linked from today's WSJ Best of the Web.

My question, which wasn't addressed is this: Was it a Hunny Jar?

The day the earth changed?

Hopefully this is what it appears to be:  part of a growing trend of people beginning to notice what some of us have known for months (or years):  The Messiah is a complete and utter empty suit.

Of course, in fairness even one of my liberal friends thinks so (or did a few months ago.  Not sure anymore).  But he added a caveat:  When the messiah does say something concrete, and makes an actual point, beyond "hope and change", it tends to be scary.

I really think this guy is kind of a dumbass.  Some disagree that he's actually brilliant, but I don't see it.  He's a Chicago politician (in the worst sense of the word), and he's Black.  The former gets him elected, the latter guarantees a fawning audience everywhere liberals gather.

He's just a complete non-entity.  Worth nothing, does nothing, deserves nothing.  I hope he gets not just beaten, but destroyed in November.

A big old thanks to Ace for printing the image. And for posting the original article which I've linked to here. If you don't already read Ace, then get over there now!!!

Hard Hitting Journalism

This would be much funnier if it weren't so true.  Good job, Onion.

Dork Alert!!

Next to "Gun-Totin-Wacko", my favorite online identity is "Historygeek".  This post fits pretty well with that.

Thanks to Holy Taco.

Oh, and speaking of being a gun totin wacko, here's my latest Christmas list.   Thanks here to Gorilla Mask.

I'll be in my bunk.

I'd love to see everyone do this

Here's a great letter, which I found posted on imao.us

I'm not 100 percent sure it's genuine, but it should be.  I think it says pretty much everything that needs to be said, in a nice, succinct manner.

Thought for the Day, Part II

Here's a slightly less "important" thought, but it's one that occurred to me yesterday.  

A "Killer" is someone who "kills".  A "shooter" is someone who "shoots".  A "thinker" is someone who "thinks".

And yet, a "Pest" is someone who "pesters".

Isn't that backwards?

Think about it.

Thought for the Day, Part I

I first posted this on Grouchy Old Cripple, as a comment on a piece about the price of oil and it's effects.  Several people noted that it seems like a good point.  So here we go again:

The folks who argue that drilling in ANWR won't do much for the cost of oil seem to miss a point.  If we get all our oil from the Mideast, it must be shipped here.  There are transportation costs, of which one of the biggest is the tanker itself.

How much fuel does an oil tanker use?  These are massive vessels, carrying massively large loads.  I'm pretty sure they move at a relatively slow pace (much slower than a destroyer, for instance).

So if a tanker has to haul these gigantic cargos halfway around the world, plodding along at a slow pace, then they must be using fuel at a prodigious rate.

Now here's a thought exercise:  Compare the amount of fuel used to move a supertanker halfway around the world to the amount of fuel used to move a similar amount of fuel down a pipeline from ANWR to, say, Juneau.

Then, let's contemplate how many tankers there are on the oceans of the world.  It probably takes at least 10 tanker loads to fuel the US for a single day.  Toss in all the other countries that use oil- China for instance- and consider that my S.W.A.G. (scientific wild-ass guess) of 10 loads would require a convoy of 10 tankers sailing every day.  If it takes (another S.W.A.G. here) 15 days for a tanker to travel from the Persian Gulf to the US, then that means there are 150 tankers enroute to the US on any given day.  And by extension, another 150 enroute back to the Gulf.

How much fuel do those hypothetical 300 tankers use?  And since I suspect it's a considerable amount, how does that impact worldwide demand for oil?  And since we know that the transportation costs are passed along to the consumer, how much are we paying to move the oil from Point A to Point B?  And do the figures cited for how many barrels of oil are used per day (BPD, for the initiated) include this number?

I have a hunch that the answers are somewhat uncomfortable.  I suspect that we're seeing a lot of oil getting burned just for the sake of transit, and that it does have some impact on oil costs.  But if it were to be quantified, and shown to the American people, then they might get uppity ideas about finding closer sources and more efficient ways to move oil.

Which might bring us back to ANWR.  And we can't have that.  God knows we can't do anything to cause discomfort for the mosquitos there.

Think about it.

A WTF? Post

Here's a non-Ace post.  Gates of Vienna put this up the other day.  As a reader can see, I made my opinion clear right from the get-go.  And my opinion hasn't changed or mellowed in the least.  I still have no idea what the author was getting at.

Irony is pointless, methinks, without some kind of context.  And this moron slaps this garbage up (rather, gives it to GoV to slap up), and then runs and hides.  Notice that the author never shows up in the comments.  He just leaves it to Baron Bodissey to defend him.

In fairness, I seem to recall a couple other pieces by the same author, also posted by GoV.  And while they didn't offend me the way this one did, they were equally stupid.

Sadly, I sometimes feel that GoV has slipped dramatically the last few months.  The comments especially are often nothing more than a haven for the incredibly arrogant and stupid.

Yours truly excepted, of course.

And speaking of which...

Here we have more proof that Democrats are the lowest form of life in the universe.  They always go on about "counting every vote", "supporting the little guy" and all that other crap that might possibly have been true once.  But when it comes right down to it, they're as fascist as they accuse conservatives of being.

Look in the mirror, crap-birds.  You are the evil you warn us about.

Another one from Ace.  He and the Gang of Morons are on fire.  As always.

Stupid Democrat Tricks

I saw this story somewhere last night.  My first thought was that it was a joke.  But then I remembered that A) Democrats have no sense of humor, and B) Democrats have no shame.  So I knew it had to be true.

I'm floored.  It literally seems that, every time I think these pieces of crap have hit the lowest point possible, they manage to not only get lower, but by several orders of magnitude.

Hat tip once again to Ace and the Gang.

Why vote Democrat?

For a couple weeks now, I've been contemplating the ultimate question: Why would anyone vote for a Democrat? It really is a puzzle. The basic tenets of our liberal friends are ones that make no sense. A quick glance might be constructive, methinks.

Abortion. Most conservatives think that vacuuming out an embryo, so that the potential mother doesn't have to be inconvenienced is A Bad Thing. For a Democrat, of course, it's all about choice, and this embryo isn't a Real Person. Unless of course, a pregnant woman is murdered by her husband/boyfriend, in which case then he's guilty of murdering two people. The fact that this leads to additional jail time for the man is A Good Thing. So is the baby a person or not? Depends on who kills it. If a woman murders an unborn baby (or a doctor doing the dirty work for her) then the embryo is not alive. If a man kills it, along with the woman, then it's a dual murder.

High oil prices.  Again, as a conservative, I think that oil prices are too high.  Yes, I understand the whole concept of "supply and demand".  But I also understand that this means that, if demand is driving up prices, then one option is to increase supply.  Let me spell it out:  High demand+low supply=high prices.  On the other hand, High demand+high supply=lower prices.  Anyone that knows me will nod their head when I say I'm not terribly good at math, but even I can understand this one.  It ain't rocket science.

But it goes even further.  It isn't just that our leftist friends don't understand the basic economic facts here.  It's that the ones that do understand the facts, don't care.  There's a greater good here.  It's all about getting you to do the right thing.  If the price of gas goes up, that's A Good Thing.  Why?  Because it makes people drive less, thus cutting down on pollution, and presumably fighting global warming.

The bad news is, if people drive less, then tax revenues go down.  So we might have to increase taxes anyway.  But it's all for our own good, right?

Of course, there's another small matter here.  The people that are most affected are the ones that have the least amount of money.  Which tends not to be our liberal friends.  Interesting note:  if you make $10 and hour, and it costs $40 to fill your gas tank, then that's half a day's work.  Of course, you already pay about $3.50 an hour in taxes, which leaves you with about $6.50 for an hour's work.  So now, it's about six hours worth of work that you've done.  If you have to fill up your car once a week, then you're spending about 16% of your NET pay on gas.  Combine that with the (roughly) 35 % the government takes off the top, and you've lost half of your income.  

Now imagine that this poor soul is a single parent, trying to raise their child.  It's virtually impossible.  Of course, they can get a second job, but that would mean working all day every day, and not spending any time with their child.  Which isn't healthy for the child.  Or they can save money and gas by riding the bus.  For an hour or two each day.  Again, less time for the child.

 But have no fear- they'll give the parent money to pay for the child's daycare.  And her medical costs.  After all, that's the job of the government, right?  Now sure, it'll mean a tiny bit more money coming out of the parent's paycheck to pay for it all, but what the hell.  It's only money, and it's for a great cause.  And we have an obligation to help raise the child.

Oh, and of course, if the mother had made the right decision and killed her baby before it was born, well this wouldn't be a problem, now would it?

Of course, if you're well-off enough to be a Democrat, the numbers are different.  You probably make about $30 an hour, so that same tank of gas costs you about 2 hours work.  And since you have all that extra money that you aren't using for food and the like, you can likely afford a newer car.  Like a hybrid or something.  A car that gets better gas mileage than your $10/hr cohort gets from their 10 year old Prizm.  So in fact, our well-to-do Democrat would spend even less than $40 bucks a week on gas.  

Our Democrat friend also has enough money to keep his new car tuned up and running efficiently, unlike our first guy.  Which of course keeps the gas mileage even higher.

So our first guy is barely able to keep his car even running, thanks to the Democratic party and their "no drill, no refine, add on more taxes" policy.

Imagine how crappy it would be if they weren't the defenders of the poor.

National Security.   Here's a great idea:  Let's go to every psychotic dictator in the world, and ask them to "pretty please with a cherry on top" deign to have a "dialogue" with the president.  If it isn't too much trouble.  If they're an Islamic psycho, that's even better.  (Remember, Islam is the religion of peace, and if you deny that, they'll slit your throat while praising Allah).

Yeah, great plan.

Of course, we must also remember that they support the troops.  By calling them "children", "baby killers", "losers", "ignorant", "puppets" and so on.  And by using the media to tell terrorists and hostile countries what our strategy is.  How the hell do these jackasses sleep at night?

The Environment.  Oooh, this is a good one.  We mustn't drill for oil, because that's bad for the environment.  At least when the US does it.  If China and Cuba drill for oil just outside our borders, we'll ignore it.  And if Russia, Venezuela, or Iran drill for oil off their coasts, well, apparently it doesn't hurt the environment.  Because we know how much they care about the birdies, right?

Can 't build refineries, either.  Might cause pollution.  And we all know the horribly bad safety record of the nuclear power industry in our country.  Every month it seems there's yet another accident, killing hundreds of people while releasing yet another cloud of radioactive gas across the heartland of America.

But at least they favor the most efficient form of energy, wind.  Why, a few years back, there was a plan to build a wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts.  A plan that was defeated by that evil empire of Republicans, led by that reactionary fascist Kennedy family.  Can't allow wind farms to cut into the profits on their oil stocks- er, to sully the view from their estate, and perhaps even interfere with their sailing.

Hypocritical bastards.

Oh, and if you really want to be appalled, then go to one of the rallies against BusHitler, Cheney, the War, and all the other great evils of America.  And count the number of signs bearing the likeness of such environmental defenders as Kim Jong Il, Josef Stalin, and Fidel Castro.  Why these men are towers of strength when it comes to protecting the trees and fishes.  The enlightened policies of Kim, for instance, ensure that nobody in his democratic paradise touches any trees.  Not since they were all cut down for fuel, that is.  And the people there don't eat meat either.  Or much of anything else, for that matter.

But thank God Kim doesn't support the war in Iraq.  Hell, he even endorses the Messiah himself, Obama!

And by the way, for all you brilliant people out there, which do you suppose uses more oil- pumping oil down a pipeline from northern Alaska to the Panhandle, or moving a gigantic oil tanker from The Persian Gulf to Los Angeles?

I'll give you some time to think about that one.  Hope your head doesn't explode.

Electoral Politics.  Here's a goodie.  It's time to vote for Hope and Change.  And a change of hope.  And the hope that change will come, if we only hope enough.  And to change our hopes.

Come on now- what the hell does all of this really mean?  Hope and Change is a completely asinine platform.  It's pure unadulterated gibberish.  It means nothing.  NOTHING!!!

And even if it did have some significance, it would be bad.  Hitler promised the German people "change".  And boy, did he ever deliver.  Along with a healthy dose of "hope".  At least until the bombs started dropping on their cities, killing thousands of civilians.  To go along with the tens of thousand young men dying all across Europe.

But remember the key fact:  He did deliver on his promise of hope and change.

Who the hell decided that it was a good idea to vote for Obama for president?  And why the hell did they decide it?  He's a complete and utter nothing.  An empty suit, promising to fix every problem, if only you'll elect him.

And how will he fix every problem?  All together now- "With hope and change".

A side note.  I have one liberal friend that I can stand.  And once, when I commented on The Messiah being an empty suit, he replied that I was mostly correct, but that the occasional concrete idea put forth by this moron is dangerour and scary.  It's perhaps better that we not know what he has in mind, since his public pronouncements are terrifying enough.

But the good news is, he understands our pain- hell, he has to spend lots of money on organic arugula.  And on private schools and camps for his devil spawn.

Good thing his wife gets $300,000 a year for doing.... something.  Nobody's really sure what she does, but she must be good at it.  After all, she got a big promotion just a couple years ago.  Right after he was elected to the Senate.  A great time for the Holy Family, huh?

But don't fear.  He's gonna change the way politics are done in this country.  He's brilliant and can handle anything.  Look at how he's already cured the problem of race in this country, by giving his friend the "Reverend" Wright a great big national pulpit to preach.  Until he became a liability.  Then he had to go.

And by the way, why does this idiot make such a big issue of being "Black"?  He's half white.  And was raised by his white relatives.  So why is he so adamant about being identified with them?

Cuz it's convenient, baby.  A week or so ago, I had a chat with a lovely woman of mixed ethnicity.  She's working on her doctorate, and studying how multi-racial people self-identify. Essentially, she believes, the decision comes down to which race gives the greatest political advantages.  Or, to put it another way, which race allows one to play the victim card most effectively.

But onward.  So this jackass preaches about hope and change, and the media all wet themselves in adoration.  And they ignore his constant stream of stupid comments, while also waxing lyrically about what a great speaker he is.  Uh huh.

Of course, this year's election is one that we Conservatives have no stake in.  It's bad enough we have a hard-core socialist representing the Democratic Party.  But no, we also have a moderate Democrat representing the "Republican" Party.  This other idiot is so busy being the Maverick, that he doesn't even realize which party he belongs to.  He doesn't give a rat's ass about conservatives like me.  Because we don't know anything.  And we're wrong about what this country needs, dadgum it.  Trust in the Maverick!

Or the Messiah.  Doesn't matter.  Either of the M&M Boys will do.  They've got pretty much the same stances anyway.  And the ones that they differ on are essentially cosmetic anyway.

Bah.  I could go on for hours, but why bother.  I've said enough.  In conclusion, the Democrats believe it's okay to kill babies.  They support high prices and high taxes, but only because they care about the poor.  They favor policies to protect the environment, but only so long as it doesn't affect them, and only so long as it forces us to hand over billions of dollars to other countries.  And they favor a strong defense, except for the part about supporting the military.

So here's the final thought:  Why would any rational person ever-EVER- support the Democrats, or ever vote for one of them?  My mind is literally incapable of understanding it.

Rot in hell, democrats.  Just piss off and rot in hell.

The stupidest person ever

I'm floored.  Today, as I drove to work, I passed a car with a couple bumper stickers on it.  The first one really caught my attention, the second one was worth a mere eye-roll.

Ready?  The first read:

Remember Katrina

Vote Democratic

And then:

We all live in New Orleans.

As I said, the second is a Kumbaya, "we are all one" piece of drivel.  But the first...

Good Lord, does this person have any clue what actually happened?  Leaving aside their likely view that the omnipotent BusHitler caused the hurricane, why would the events of Katrina encourage one to support the Dhimmicrats? 

Unless of course crap-for-brains believes in waste, inefficiency, abuse, fraud and general incompetence.  Then, of course, supporting the idiot mayor and the helpless damsel in the governor's office makes sense.

I am really, truly, genuinely staggered by this.  I simply can't believe that anyone-even a liberal- could be this moronic.

And this is from someone that thinks voting democratic should probably be a capital offense.

But that's a topic for another post...

An important link

Today being Monday, it's Mark Steyn Day at G-T-W. Time to read the latest writings from the ever-interesting Steyn.

But today is a frightening day. Mr. Steyn and a magazine which dared to print one of his very popular articles is being harassed by the Canadian government's most evil creation: The Human Rights Commission, a monster that exists in various forms in every province. The whole purpose of these commissions is to harass innocent people that dare to say things which are politically incorrect.

How bad is it? Consider this fact: Not once, has the person being investigated been found innocent. Every single hearing (and there have been over 30) has ended with somebody being found guilty of whatever "hate crime" they're accused of.

This is about free speech. Canada claims to allow it, but they're getting closer and closer to absolute censorship. This, my friends, is the future of the Western World, if the ObaMessiah and his liberal minions get their way. It's all about multi-culturalism, and protecting people from getting their little feelings hurt.

So here we are. And here's a link to an editorial from The National Review. Read it, and understand it. And let others know that Canada is sinking towards Fascism, all in the name of "liberalism".

Please God, Let this be a dream

"Thanks" to my coworker Ashley, for exposing me to this. Not sure if that's A Good Thing or not. For the moment, color me terrified.

Ironic? Yes. Surprising? No

From Right Wing News:

Anti-Gun Activist Knifed to Death
When liberals have accomplished their goal of effectively repealing the Second Amendment, we'll be more than ever at the mercy of the government, but at least we'll be safe from each other, right? Wrong, obviously.

In Britain, where moonbats aren't encumbered by the pesky Second Amendment, anti-gun campaigner Pat Regan has been found stabbed to death in her apartment. Too bad she didn't have a gun; she might have been able to defend herself.

Mrs. Regan started the Leeds branch of Mothers Against Guns after her son Danny was shot. Her grandson has been arrested for stabbing her.

In a world with guns, 53-year-old grandmothers like Pat Regan have a chance. In a world with only knives, not so much. When knives are banned, and it comes down to fists and blunt objects, they'll really be in trouble.

Hat tip: Free Republic; on a tip from Cheetah. Cross-posted at Moonbattery.