Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Didja Know...
Didja know that stripping wall paper is a pain inneass?
and that a really wet sponge works better than the dang steamer thingie?
The Council Has Spoken - 2.4
2.4
Challenger - A Flight Surgeon Remembers by Dr. Sanity and,
Full results of the vote are over at The Watcher’s, and the week’s entries are too!
Spambots: byte hot bits and die!! [Thanx, Watcher!]
On the Occasion of the SOTU
Dear George,
I’m sorry I missed watching your SOTU Address last night; I was outside cleaning up poop. I also fixed a fence yesterday, cleaned a coupla toilets, hauled some wood, bucked some hay and a 50# bag of grain, vacuumed, swept and washed my floors [with a hot-water rag on my knees] I’m sorry doing all those things prevented me from seeing you tell Americans, and the world, that there are jobs that “Americans won’t do.” Boy—do I feel like an absolute sucker, now!
And to think—I chose this life that has these chores. I didn’t realize that, as an American, it was beneath me to muck out stalls, clean toilets, make beds and wash floors. Wow—I’d better quit learning how to build stuff, too, cuz I guess using a Skilsaw, hammer and nails martillo y clavos is also beneath me.
What a dunderhead I’ve been! Not to mention my Dad and Mom. Daddy put up power poles for 33¢ an hour during the Depression despite his college education. And Mom, with her college education and finishing school skills, pulled up wire out of the fields after WWII, when metal was scarce, to create pens for her platinum fox ranch. I guess we’re a whole family of dupes and dopes, eh?
If we’d only realized that Americans aren’t supposed to do those difficult and/or nasty jobs—that we’re supposed to let those little brown people who refuse to obey the laws of our country do that work!
Wow—a whole new two tiered society! What an idea. Wait… I’m suddenly struck with a thought; maybe there are more than two tiers... Dang… Wish I had more time to think about that but I’ve gotta go rent the steamer to strip some wallpaper, rip up some carpeting, re-do those floors and re-tile a bathroom.
I guess being a dupe is habit-forming…
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AND MORE—response to comment:
Helley—check your taxes. Somewhere in that $30 billion that is spent on illegal immigrants ever year is some o’ your money. [Spanish-speaking classrooms, health care, bi-lingual signs/ballots, jails, police, not to mention that we’re hemoraging cash directly into the Mexican economy [wages mailed home] without any return.]
I completely disagree that unwillingness to do menial work is a consequence of the “ownership society.” I think willingness to do what needs to be done—no matter how distasteful —is the backbone of an “ownership society.” And of a Free Society.
The boss hasta be able to do any job that she hires out—better than those she hires. [with the exception of specialized things like nuclear physics and taxes...] That is the essence of the American Dream: 1] build a better mousetrap, 2] make them in your garage until you can rent a bigger space and hire someone else, 5] become one of the Fortune 500. Or work for that guy emptying mousetraps [eww] until you work your way up to plant manager.
Disdaining hard, icky work as being beneath one is the prime demonstration of an effete lack of character [so John Kerry] that leaves one at the mercy of the less educated/less intelligent but more willing. [Think Howard Roark.]
“I don’t do windows,” is the visceral opposite of what our Armed Forces are doing right now, and what The Yanks did in WWII, etc. We are not too good to wade in and get our hands dirty doing what needs doing. The French were—repeatedly. [see the consequences of “let them eat cake,” the logical end of “I don’t do windows."]
If we become a culture where it is acceptable to refuse to do our own dirty work, or to start at the bottom and work upwards, we will become a culture that is unwilling to do the dirty, nasty work of fighting socialism / facism / terrorism. And we will soon be a dead culture; taken over by those willing to get their hands dirty.
Image blatantly stolen from Helen Wells
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Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Civilized Behavior Un-grasped
31 January 2005 Police at the scene of one the Baghdad blasts said the bomber appeared to have Down’s syndrome.
ThanQ! Attack Machine
Jersey City Terror Murders Update
these people animals beings are seriously, creepily nutz...
From Jihad Watch:
A. Both adults, Hossam and Amal, had a horizontal slit across the throat. Below the slit, on the left, right and middle of the throat were three holes, big enough so that one could place a finger in each hole. According to the eyewitness, it was as if the assailant(s) took a knife and turned it repeatedly in a circular fashion, as if to screw holes into the victims’ necks.
B. The two young girls, Sylvia (15) and Monica (8), also had a horizontal slits in their throats, along with two holes bored below the slits, one on the right and one on the left sides of their necks. The holes were similar to those on their parents’ necks.
C. The eyewitness said although the bodies of the victims were all covered, he was able to see the arms of the little girl Monica. Although the tattoo of the cross inside Monica’s wrist was not defaced, he saw that her wrists were cut. He was not able to see the wrists of the other victims to see if the crosses on their wrists were defaced.
D. Though the family wants to reserve judgment until the results of the case are released, they did say that the way the four family members were bound and gagged and the way their throats were slit with holes carved is similar to executions that are shown on al-Jazeera. The American public is not aware of this because the details of the executions are not often described in news accounts. [emph mine -C]
Amal Garas’s father said that (contrary to many news reports and CAIR’s press release) none of the family’s jewelry was taken, and that Amal owned some quite expensive pieces that were not touched. At the time of her murder, Amal was wearing a ring worth $3,500 that was not taken.
There is more about Coptic Clergy in NJ compromised by the Egyptian government, Coptic girls kidnapped and married off to Muslim men, the Egyptian government pressuring police and prosecutor’s offices to make this case go away... Freaky.
On the website where Hossam Armanious was threatened are posted photos, addresses and other details about “filthy dogs, cursers of Muhammad” Christians.
Barsomyat.com features not only photographs of the targeted Christians, but also attempts to track down their addresses. A post about a Christian man whose computer was apparently hacked to obtain his photograph includes the man’s PalTalk name, his real name, and the city where he resides in Lebanon.
Like this:
One poster at barsomyat.com placed a photo of a Christian target between cartoon characters with mallets. [photo removed]
Civilized, eh? Yes that is Itchy and Scratchy. Civilized and mature.
oh, before I forget;
"May all their women learn to drive and run over them with the Mercedes wheels of Freedom before disappearing into the sunset. May they all take solace in Madonna videos and one another before dying alone, by their own hands. May they all be wrapped in pigskin blankets when they meet Muhammad, the cursed filthy dog. May Allah chew them up and poop them into Hell."
Will Martyr Self for "Good" Drivers License Picture!
tough while wearing a balaklava...
The words are Midnight Mission
Those words: Ministry of Defense and Way to Eternal Life [or Martyr]
Stuff from the Gaza Strip? Found in Fallujah? Nope.
Found in a roadside rest stop on Highway 285 in Texas.
No goose bumps here... You?
Don’t forget: Minuteman Project
ThanQ! Digger
Red Letter Day!
Little Blue Duck [aka Arrow] laid her first egg today!
[pics would have followed but I’m having a “clumsy day”...]
In addition, I b’lieve it must be Spring—it’s 70° at 8:30 am. And the wind is blowing. *achoo*
Porch-blogging returns! Then on to Grass-Mowing! [after lawn-mower belt changing...] *achoo!*
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Monday, January 31, 2005
We're so mean!
[otoh, mean people never “faint”...]
Why should we make those fellas of unnamed backgrounds go to a whole buncha trouble in order to drive airplanes into buildings? Let’s just give away a drivers license with every bag of oranges ya buy at the freeway on ramp. ‘Cuz as everyone knows, just having a license makes ya a safe driver—right?
Or, if you’re a real uptight stickler isolationist, ya might wanna sign this and show up here...
Sunday, January 30, 2005
State of Jefferson
Modoc Point , Klamath Lake—sun’s out
Klamath Lake—ice stacks up at the edge where the wind blows it
Modoc Lava beds near Tule Lake—fertile fields in distance
some rough country in the lava beds where the Modoc Indians held off 10 times their number for 6 months ‘til betrayed by two of their own
[one named “Teddy” I b’elive]
Trumpeter Swans and Honkers and ducks and… on Tule Lake
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And we don't do this WHY ?!?
Oh, yeah—we’re sophisticated and civilized.... ‘cept in Ohio. ...and WA. ...and Mass. ...and particularly the transient population in DC. ...and __________.
Not Movin' to Jefferson... Yet
"change your shoes—change your life!"
The Headmistress mentioned that there is a bit of contentiousness going on about the water ‘round ‘bout the Klamath Basin.
This is one of the many reasons Gale Norton oughta be hanged. Repeatedly. Along with anyone and everyone of the minions who carried out that damfool decision to cut off the life-blood of the farmers in this area—over a biologically baseless contention about a goddam suckerfish! Throw some o’ the damfish in a pond and get on with your life!
Think about it; it was the same for Norton to cut off the farmers’ water as it would be for the Feds to cut off electricity to someone’s office and take the ‘puters, cut off diesel for someone’s trucks and take the trucks, remove all the stock in someone’s store and cut off deliveries. The Feds ain’t a supposta be able to do that.
It’s an old saying: This is The West where whiskey’s for drinkin’ and water’s for fighting over. I’d like to add, “and Moonbats are for target practice.”
Which is one of the many reasons the State of Jefferson is such an attractive idea.
Oh, and the ‘net is alive and well in Klamath Falls—even in the motels. Here in Alturas, it’s **wireless** Good war driving territory.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Hijos de Putos!
Am I gonna hafta fire my nanny?!? ...and gardeners?!? ...and stable hands?!?
MEXICO CITY - Mexican officials said Thursday they may complain to an international human rights tribunal if U.S. courts fail to overturn Arizona’s Proposition 200.
“[First] We are looking at all legal means in the United States...” said spokesman Edgar Trujillo.
NOT requiring American law enforcement to enforce American laws is a human rights violation—MY rights.
ThanQ! Rodge
Dear Iraq,
Our thoughts and prayers, our good wishes and our best and brightest are with you today—make the most of it. You will never have a better friend—or a worse enemy.
Do right by US, and by yourselves.
America
Break Out The Duck Tape!
fool and murdering clown on the loose, again
This utterly despicable ....being is trying to work his way up to OBL status by spewing treasonous nonsense right before their election. Al Jazeera is running the hand-delivered tape non-stop, I presume.
Incomplete job.
[I gotta wonder—whatinhell is wrong with those living in Mass that they haven’t stormed both their Senators with torches and pitch forks by now?!?]
ThanQ! Lloyd! and American Patriots
I loooves them wide open spaces
notes from Klamath Falls and beyond
Perfect, cloudy weather. 35° is not so cold here. And the views!!! ahhhhhhhh—elbow room.
See? Wide Open Spaces. That is north of the lake near Fort Klamath. Good country. Long views. Open groves of aspen and conifers around the edges. Dark, rich looking soil. Not a lotta rocks in evidence in the fields.
Those are hay fields. Lotsa water—most of it frozen, now.
Around the edge, before the ground rises very much, are groves of trees, widely spaced and parked-out. Good riding country.
I even found a little place. Might need some work....
Then there is the Lake… [looking east from the north side]
And the gooses. Piles and piles of gooses! and swans… and pelicans… and ducks… and bald eagles… and, and, and....
And in summer there are ‘midges’—tiny green non-biting insects brought in to quell the ‘skeeters. Word is that one must hose off the radiator daily, or more, to keep from burning up. They gather on the windowsills in piles. Oh, and there is a Horsefly Management District office. That cannot be good.
The town is on the way up—cleaning up and signs of some new businesses. I saw absolutely *no* bums. It gets to be 19° at night.... The residential areas of the town… Some pretty old houses that in CA $100K. There are actually houses—not falling down 3 walled “quaint” properties under $80K. Haven’t seen that in I dunno how long.
‘Course there is rather a large summer teeth contingent. Speed busts in the paper regularly. [not the going-too-fast kind...]
The hunt continues . . .
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