Archive for January 29th, 2009
Blagojevich Removed From Office
January 29th, 2009
Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois has been found guilty in the state senate and has been removed from office. See story.
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Two Different Options; Two Different Results
January 29th, 2009
A 93 year old WWII veteran froze to death in his home because he was getting forgetful and didn’t pay his electric bill for four months, so the city utility company in Bay City, Michigan installed a power-limiting device.
Apparently they didn’t tell or show the old man how to flip the switch on the outside so he could turn his electricity back on and he was found dead, wrapped in a winter jacket over four layers of clothing.
The pathologist found frostbite on one of his feet and is checking to see if he suffered from dementia, since there was more than enough cash found in the home to have covered the bills.
Now comes the story of President Barack Obama, who the NY Times gushingly praises as though he were a god, working in the Oval Office in shirtsleeves because he grew up in Hawaii and hates the cold.
He’s from Hawaii, O.K.?” said Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”
One has nothing to do with the other, but didn’t this president as a candidate insist we couldn’t keep our thermostats at 72 degrees and expect the world to think it was fine?
He may have grown up in Hawaii but one gets used to the weather where one lives if one lives there long enough.
I grew up in Maine and live in the South now. When I go home to Maine I get colder than I do in the South and dress accordingly. I don’t suffocate everyone around me just so I can stay warm.
I remember when my grandmother got old and got colder due to age. I would visit her every January and would suffocate with a blast of heat hitting me in the face as soon as I opened her door. Most days I would take a walk outside with my jacket either off or unbuttoned so I could cool off.
If he’s so concerned about global warming and the effects of man-made emissions why is the president breaking his own rules and having his office, and probably his living quarters, hot enough to grow orchids?
I’ve been to Hawaii and one of the things they impress upon you is the weather is a balmy 72 degrees or whatever year round. It did seem to get hot to me when I was there on some days but then a ride to a volcano made you wish you had your long johns on.
Two different stories in the past two weeks. One died from freezing to death while the younger man just turned up the public thermostat.
Taxes, The View and a Pancake House in Michigan
January 29th, 2009
Just a few things to pass along today:
Iowahawk on taxes. Too funny!
The hero worship continues:
On January 23, Joy Behar, who apparently was once a comedian of some kind and now is in politics–sort of like Al Franken–appeared on the Larry King show on CNN. The Gay Patriot caught it and commented, but didn’t have access to the transcript. It’s up now, here, and it illustrates pretty well what we’re up against in the world of entertainment. (I assume someone out there must think Behar is entertaining.)
KING: OK, is this administration going to be hard for the comics to have fun with?
BEHAR: Yes. And all I can say is thank you for Joe Biden, because he is going to always give us some laughs. He’ll say something crazy and out there, and it will be fun. And Sarah Palin, you know, we can always rely on her to come back and give us some material. But it is really not easy to make fun of the Obamas, because they’re really — they’re kind of really perfect, aren’t they?
Emphasis, mine
Those who voted this administration into power should be proud and happy their man won, however, when one begins to believe that any human is above criticism…well that’s a whole different story.
Generous, giving people are not hard to find (even in rough times):
Live Demonstration of “Bite-Partisianship”
January 29th, 2009
Think of the dog as Congress. Think of the mouth as Pelosi Inc. Think of the bone as the House passed “stimulus bill”. Think of the leg as any member of the Republican caucus who wishes input into legislation.
What you get is this:
Yeah, I know. It’s crazy. But it’s the new world in Washington. Just call it “bite-partisanship”.
Football Fun
January 29th, 2009
Two balls collide in mid-air and are delivered on target to two receivers..oh heck, just watch the amazing abilities of these professional football players:
