The perfect world that exists only in my head.

That legged fish emblem on your vehicle....

2010-05-28T14:55:00.002-04:00

If I subscribed to the belief system espoused by your legged fish symbol, my superior size, strength, and intellect would obligate me to exterminate you and your puny, Darwin-worshipping ilk as members of a less fit sub-species.

Luckily for you, I believe my gifts were from God, not the result of 10⁸¹ random mutations.

Modern liberals think on a 3rd grade level

2010-05-26T23:10:00.003-04:00

I was at my son's school for "GT University" last night, which is where the GT students teach their parents on subjects and topics discussed during the school year.
While waiting for it to begin, I noticed a large display titled, "If I were President...." in the opposite hallway.
I thought it looked cute, so I ambled over.
The handwriting looked to be somewhere between 2nd and 4th grades, so I settled on 3rd grade as the best guess for the authors.

Clearly, the students had been coached and indoctrinated on certain subjects, since the subjects appeared in almost every paper. OK, maybe they weren't coached and 3rd graders these days are all pre-occupied with "the war" (I was perplexed by which war.) and hunting of animals. As I continued reading the papers, I had an epiphany: These 3rd graders sounded just like modern liberals. "End the war!" "Don't hunt animals!" (This topic particularly amuses me, since I have heard one of these nutcases seriously suggest that if people want to eat meat, then they should buy it in the grocery so that animals don't have to get hurt. SERIOUSLY.) "People should get what they want and not have to pay for it!" {insert scratching record sound here}
WHAT!?!?!? Yup, that particular sentiment was repeated on two papers. "Holy CRAP!" I told myself. "These kids sound just like liberals!" Upon having the epiphany, I pondered the parallels and ramifications. It didn't take long before I ended up at Democrats calling Republicans "The Party of no." It all became clear at that point. Republicans are the adults and Democrats are the bedwetting, whining, conniving, manipulative, ingrateful little brats.
In YOUR house, when the parents lose control of the children, does chaos ensue?

Don't get me wrong, here. The Republicans absolutely blew their opportunity to rein in spiraling higher education costs, regulate subprime lending, and address esclating healthcare costs from the time we learned about Slick Willie dribbling DNA on a blue dress until Democrats took over congress in the 2006 elections. The spineless weasels allowed Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, et al to deflect action that would have most certainly averted or mitigated the collapse of the housing market (and subsequently, our whole economy) from subprime loans and overbuilding.
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs )
I'm sure the Republicans were drunk on the stock market and employment numbers prior to 9/11, but many of them saw the writing on the wall, yet the Republicans, as a whole, "fiddled while Rome burned."

One of the many reasons I think Teddy Roosevelt was under-rated as a President

2010-05-22T06:41:00.000-04:00

Listen for the Roosevelt quote:

The fact that the room didn't erupt into a roar of thunderous applause speaks volumes about the decayed and sorry condition of this country and its elected leaders.

Unless you are a pure-blooded native American, our ancestors were all immigrants to this great country.
Some came unwilling in chains, while others voluntarily risked their lives, but America, despite recent developments to the contrary, still remains the best hope for opportunity and success, regardless of skin color or other demographic buckets used by the ruling class to divide us.
When people are here to harvest opportunity and our misguided socialism, while not dedicating allegiance and responsibility to our founding principles, it destroys the American dream, one hyphenated bit by hyphenated bit.

The never ending battle to keep parking lots free of wandering carts

2010-05-18T00:15:00.000-04:00

After a wonderful trail ride Sunday evening, I popped in to the westside Payless for some reward sushi and to pick up milk.
As always, there was a cart left loose. I rode it across the lot like an 8 year old boy, then took it inside to its proper spot.
I was in the store less than 5 minutes. When I returned to the Jeep, another cart had materialized 5 spots down.
I'm beginning to wonder if somebody is watching me and thinks this is some sort of a game.