Sitting here watching the Giants kicking ass and taking names. Barry Bonds or no-I’m just going to have to root for them. They play real baseball in the National League after all.
Continue readingPrincipled conservatism…………..
UPDATE: Here is how they do it. And in a note to my commenters-“most election law is state law”. We’ll skip any discussion of “curb-stomping” and how its all the victim’s fault-so therefore the stomped should be doing the apologizing. Original Post: You know, if the teabaggers want to stop
Continue readingPretty cool…
Cost of self financing your own campaign? 149 Million. Cost of selling your soul to the Tea Bag nation? Pretty damn high. Allow your opponent to hijack one of your own ads to make a point? Priceless.
Continue readingThe way the poster should read……
Whenever I see someone post one of those stupid “Miss Me Yet” posters with the picture of the stupid man who destroyed the first decade of the 21st century for America-I can’t help but think they have the picture wrong. It is the father, not the son who should be on
Continue readingOctober 25th……
Today is the anniversary of three different battles. The nostalgics and historically myopic among the blogosphere will focus on St. Crispin’s day. The more nautically minded will focus on the fact that it is anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, an American naval victory-but as Herman Wouk pointed out,
Continue readingI’m taking it back…….
Recently, I have seen several stories on TV about how “whore” is the new ” N”-word for women. Now a long time ago I pointed out that there was only one really bad word when it comes to women. So whenever I hear someone talk about the “w” word being the
Continue readingThe 17 mile drive is like……
A box of chocolates-or a case of scotch. You never know how weird it will get. After seeing rather quickly the burg of San Francisco, the S.O. and I drove down to Monterey. (This being after our abortive excursion to Union Square for the second time. No-I am not buying
Continue readingObservations from the other side…..
Of the United States that is. I spent the last week in San Francisco and also a night down in Monterey. After just over a month back in the smothering existence that is life in Shopping Mall-it was great to be back where there was lots to do and exciting
Continue readingQuote of the day.
Tea Partiers, in my close experience, are like drunks at the end of the evening. They make no sense, and you just want to get away from them. H/T to Mark Warren.
Continue readingI should have stayed in San Fran one more day.
Then I could have seen all kinds of people go nuts because the S.F. Giants are going to the World Series. And the Yankees are not. So while its depressing as all get out to be back in Hicksville-there are at least a few things to be glad of.
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