Ok well I think that about gets all the Yoda out of my system…at least for the moment. Such a wise guy was Uncle Yoda even if he WAS the black sheep of our family (gave up the pursuit of gold for spiritual enlightenment)

Well here I am yet once again minding our electronic/digital media empire  while Impish goes off doing lord knows what. Oh I KNOW he says he’s going to “teach the teachers school” but I seem to recall an adage…something about ‘them that can’t do teach’. What does THAT say then about those who teach the teachers? From my PoV that adage is a good part of what has caused the problems we’re experiencing now in the US, too many unqualified people in positions that determine the future of others. Hell, teachers & dragons aside for the moment, the problem extends right up to the Presidency!

I think I’ll retire to my Bomb/Zombie/Hurricane & Tornado proof subterranean shelter now, especially since we have been under ‘funnel cloud watches’ (they’re not tornados until they start causing unplanned Urban Renewal or involuntarily relocate your house to Oz for you apparently) for a seventh straight day.

When I complained to Impish about this last week on a rare occasion while he was actually in our Corporate offices, in his office and working, he mumbled something about it being ‘the season for it’.

Hey, just a bloody fecking minute there Boy-o!  I’m already in HURRICANE season as well as Killer Heat Wave season ( take that name literally) WHAT THE BLOODY HELL do I need with ANOTHER ‘weather season’? Let alone one that’s apparently ‘borrowed from the plains area! If I’m picking up yet another destructive season then BY THE ALMIGHTY ETERNAL I’m trading in Hurricane season for it!

We’d best get this show moving before some seasonally destructive event occurs and we lose power!

 

 

“When a woman says ‘What?’ it’s not because she didn’t hear you. She’s giving you a chance to change what you said.”

The following are 45 signs that China is colonizing America….

#1 It was recently announced that China’s Dalian Wanda Group has bought U.S. movie theater chain AMC Entertainment for a whopping2.6 billion dollars.  This deal represents China’s biggest corporate takeover of a U.S. firm ever.

#2 Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve announced that it has given approval for banks owned by the Chinese government to buy stakes in U.S.-owned banks.

#3 A few days ago Reuters reported that China is now able to completely bypass Wall Street and purchase U.S. debt directly from the U.S. Treasury Department.

#4 A recent investigation by the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services found more than one million counterfeit Chinese parts in the Department of Defense supply chain.  How in the world could we be so stupid?

#5 After being bailed out by U.S. taxpayers, General Motors is currently involved in 11 joint ventures with companies owned by the Chinese government.  The price for entering into many of these “joint ventures” was a transfer of “state of the art technology” from General Motors to the communist Chinese.

#6 A Chinese company known as “Sino-Michigan Properties LLC” has purchased 200 acres of land near the town of Milan, Michigan.  The goal is to build a “China City” with artificial lakes, a Chinese cultural center and hundreds of housing units for Chinese citizens.

#7 As I reported on recently, corporations controlled by the Chinese government have been rapidly buying up U.S. oil and gas deposits worth billions of dollars.

#8 Chinese investors have been gobbling up real estate all over New York City.  The following is from a recent Forbes article….

According to a recent report in the New York Times, investors from China are “snapping up luxury apartments” and are planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on commercial and residential projects like Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn. Chinese companies also have signed major leases at the Empire State Building and at 1 World Trade Center, the report said.

#9 The Chinese are also doing huge real estate deals in cities in the middle part of the country.  The following example is from an article in the Toledo Blade….

Dashing Pacific Group Ltd., which has already purchased the nearby Docks restaurant complex for $2.15 million, put its $3.8 million offer to buy the southern 69 acres at the Marina District in East Toledo back on the table for approval by Toledo City Council. Additionally, Dashing Pacific Chairman Yuan Xiaohong, in a letter signed in Hangzhou, said the firm wants a two-year option to buy the decommissioned Toledo Edison power plant property on the site.

#10 According to ABC News, major road and bridge projects all over the United States are being built by Chinese companies.  Meanwhile, there are millions upon millions of blue collar American workers that cannot find jobs.  The following is a brief excerpt from a recent ABC News article….

In New York there is a $400 million renovation project on the Alexander Hamilton Bridge.

In California, there is a $7.2 billion project to rebuild the Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland.

In Alaska, there is a proposal for a $190 million bridge project.

These projects sound like steps in the right direction, but much of the work is going to Chinese government-owned firms.

“When we subsidize jobs in China, we’re not creating any wealth in the United States,” said Scott Paul, executive director for the Alliance for American Manufacturing.

#11 The new World Trade Center tower is going to include glass that has been imported from China.

#12 The new Martin Luther King memorial on the National Mall was made in China.

#13 Check out this incredible photo which contrasts the decline of Detroit over the years with the amazing rise of Shanghai, China.

#14 A couple of years ago, a large Chinese company was considering building “a 10,000- to 30,000-acre technology zone for industry, retail centers and homes” just south of Boise, Idaho.

#15 Our trade deficit with China in 2011 was $295.5 billion.  That was the largest trade deficit that one country has had with another country in the history of the planet.

#16 In 2011, our trade deficit with China was 28 times larger than it was back in 1990 and more than 49,000 times larger than it was back in 1985.

#17 Back in 1998, the United States had 25 percent of the world’s high-tech export market and China had just 10 percent. Today, China’s high-tech exports are more than twice the size of U.S. high-tech exports.

#18 America has lost more than a quarter of all of its high-tech manufacturing jobs over the past ten years.

#19 According to the Economic Policy Institute, America is losing half a million jobs to China every single year.

#20 The U.S. spends about 4 dollars on goods and services from China for every one dollar that China spends on goods and services from the United States.  Does that sound like “fair trade” to you?

#21 While we allow Chinese goods to freely flood our shores, China just keeps slapping new tariffs on American-made goods.  According to the New York Times, a Jeep Grand Cherokee that costs $27,490 in the United States costs about $85,000 in China thanks to all the tariffs.

#22 According to U.S. Representative Betty Sutton, an average of 23 manufacturing facilities a day closed down in the United States during 2010.

#23 The United States has lost an average of approximately 50,000 manufacturing jobs a month and more than 56,000manufacturing facilities in the United States have been shut down since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

#24 The United States has lost a staggering 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.

#25 Between December 2000 and December 2010, 38 percent of the manufacturing jobs in Ohio were lost, 42 percent of the manufacturing jobs in North Carolina were lost and 48 percent of the manufacturing jobs in Michigan were lost.

#26 In 2010, China produced more than twice as many automobiles as the United States did.

#27 In 2010, China produced 627 million metric tons of steel.  The United States only produced 80 million metric tons of steel.

#28 In 2010, China produced 7.3 million metric tons of cotton.  The United States only produced 3.4 million metric tons of cotton.

#29 Today, China produces nearly twice as much beer as the United States does.

#30 85 percent of all artificial Christmas trees are made in China.

#31 China is now the number one producer of wind and solar power on the entire globe.

#32 Chinese solar panel production was about 50 times larger in 2010 than it was in 2005.

#33 Right now, China is producing more than three times as much coal as the United States does.

#34 China is now the number one supplier of components that are critical to the operation of U.S. defense systems.

#35 According to author Clyde Prestowitz, China’s number one export to the U.S. is computer equipment.  According to an article in U.S. News & World Report, during 2010 the number one U.S. export to China was “scrap and trash”.

#36 According to Professor Alan Blinder of Princeton University, 40 million more U.S. jobs could be sent offshore over the next two decades.

#37 The United States had been the leading consumer of energy on the globe for about 100 years, but during the summer of 2010 China took over the number one spot.

#38 15 years ago, China was 14th in the world in published scientific research articles.  But now, China is expected to pass the United States and become number one very shortly.

#39 China now awards more doctoral degrees in engineering each year than the United States does.

#40 China now possesses the fastest supercomputer on the entire planet.

#41 China now has the world’s fastest train and the world’s most extensive high-speed rail network.

#42 The Chinese economy has grown 7 times faster than the U.S. economy has over the past decade.

#43 The Chinese economy is projected to be larger than the U.S. economy by 2016.

#44 One economist is projecting that the Chinese economy will be three times larger than the U.S. economy by the year 2040.

#45 China now holds approximately 1.17 trillion dollars of U.S. government debt.  If you were alive back when Jesus was born and you had spent a million dollars every single day since then, you still would not have spent that much money by now.

http://www.yolohub.com/economy/45-signs-that-china-is-colonizing-america

Please share this list with as many people as you can.  It is imperative that the American people get educated about why our economy is falling apart and about why there are so few jobs.

Thanks to the foolishness of our politicians, today American workers have to compete directly for jobs with workers on the other side of the globe where it is legal to pay slave labor wages.

Do you want your standard of living to continue to descend toward the level of a communist worker making about a dollar an hour?

Do you want tens of millions of American workers to be unemployed indefinitely as millions of good jobs continue to leave this country?

If not, you better stand up and say something while you still can.

1. Notice the colors of the shirts the characters in the comic are wearing and which character is wearing what color.
2. Read the comic several times with this in mind.
3. Draw your own conclusions. (Politicians call this ‘plausibly deniability’. I said/did nothing wrong but you understand exactly what I’m saying/thinking/doing. If there is backlash now I can claim it was all a misunderstanding and point to the lack of direct involvement on my part and that I made no statement directly linking me to the objectionable incident.)

 

 

WASHINGTON — Sally Ride, who blazed trails into orbit as the first American woman in space, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. She was 61.
Ride died at her home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, said Terry McEntee, a spokeswoman for her company, Sally Ride Science. She was a private person and the details of her illness were kept to just a few people, she said.

Ride rode into space on the space shuttle Challenger in 1983 when she was 32. After her flight, more than 42 other American women flew in space, NASA said.

Ride flew in space twice, both times on Challenger in 1983 and in 1984, logging 343 hours in space. A third flight was cancelled when Challenger exploded in 1986. She was on the commission investigating that accident and later served on the panel for the 2003 Columbia shuttle accident, the only person on both boards.
She also was on the president’s committee of science advisers.

“Sally was a national hero and a powerful role model. She inspired generations of young girls to reach for the stars,” President Barack Obama said in a statement. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, a former astronaut, said Ride “broke barriers with grace and professionalism — and literally changed the face of America’s space program.” “The nation has lost one of its finest leaders, teachers and explorers,” he said in a statement.

Ride was a physicist, writer of five science books for children and president of her own company. She had also been a professor of physics at the University of California in San Diego.
She was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1978, the same year she earned her doctorate in physics from Stanford University. She beat out five women to be the first American female in space. Her first flight came two decades after the Soviets sent a woman into space.

 

Let’s Play Some Obama Bullsh*t Bingo!

I used to avoid listening to his speeches. Now, I look forward to the next one.

Here is something to help make Obama’s speeches almost tolerable.
Just print out this page, distribute it to friends, and listen…
(be sure to read directions at the bottom)

Rules for Bullshit Bingo:

1. Before Barrack Obama’s next televised speech, print your “Bullshit Bingo”
2. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.
3. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout “BULLSHIT!”

Testimonials from past satisfied “Bullshit Bingo” players:

“I had been listening to the speech for only five minutes when I won.” – Jack W., Boston

“My attention span during speeches has improved dramatically.” – David D., Florida

“What a gas! Speeches will never be the same for me after my first win.” – Bill R., New York City

I think one of mine (Chai) has designs on being the first cat to scale Everest…just as soon as she can work out that whole snow being cold and not getting herself wet issues. She’s forever practicing on every piece of furniture she cannot just leap on top of (she’s got an impressive 4 foot vertical leap from a sitting position). That is assuming Molly doesn’t strangle her for her climbing attempts first, practice on the entertainment center cost Molly her priceless (to her) family heirloom music box dancing statuary this weekend.

 

Blueberry Muffin in a Mug

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time:  1.5 minutes

Makes:  3 servings (3 large muffins)

Ingredients

* no-stick cooking spray,

¼ c.  brown sugar,

1 egg, beaten,

⅓ c.  light vanilla yogurt,

1 Tbs.  light olive oil,

1 c.  all-purpose baking mix,  (think Bisquick)

1 tsp.  ground cinnamon,

1 c.  frozen blueberries, thawed,

Directions

1 Spray 3 microwave-safe coffee mugs with no-stick cooking spray, and set aside.

2 Combine brown sugar, beaten egg, yogurt, and olive oil in mixing bowl and stir until blended. Add all-purpose baking mix and cinnamon and stir quickly to moisten (batter will be lumpy). Gently stir in blueberries.

3 Fill each prepared coffee mug with ½ cup batter. Microwave each mug for 90 seconds or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. CAUTION: MUG WILL BE HOT!

4 Let cool. Serve in or out of the mug.

Makes a great breakfast treat, especially with a houseful of guests. It’s simple, quick and impressive in its baking in a microwave technique.

Creamy Asian Slaw

time prep: 15 min

total: 1 hr 15 min

servings total: 16 servings, 1/2 cup each

What You Need

1 tub  (10 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Original Cooking Creme

1/4 cup  KRAFT Asian Toasted Sesame Dressing

2 pkg.  (12 oz. each) broccoli slaw

1/2 cup  Slivered Almonds

1/2 cup  golden raisins

Make It

COMBINE cooking creme and dressing in large bowl.

ADD remaining ingredients; toss to coat.

REFRIGERATE 1 hour. Stir before serving.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Variation

Give this delicious slaw an Italian twist by preparing with PHILADELPHIA Italian Cheese and Herb Cooking Creme, and KRAFT Tuscan House Italian Dressing.

Creamy Ranch-Feta Slaw

Prepare as directed, using KRAFT Classic Ranch Dressing and adding 1/2 cup ATHENOS Traditional Crumbled Feta Cheese.

Variation

Substitute chopped apples for the raisins and/or chopped PLANTERS Pecans for the almonds.

 

I think that about covers it, Impish…unless you want to say

“I’ve got to GET BACK TO WORK!!”

How It Works According to Blacks, Democrats,  Liberals, The Southern Poverty Law Center and Obamaites.

(But then I repeat myself!)

 

Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently humorous. Enjoy!

1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.
2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list.
3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.
5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
6. War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
9. I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
10. In filling out an application, where it says, ‘In case of emergency, Notify:’ I put ‘DOCTOR’.
11. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy. (If you look at some of those Walmartian women, I think equality might have already been achieved!)
12. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
13. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure..
14. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
15. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
16. You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
17. I’m supposed to respect my elders, but its getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

Improv Mini-Golf Open

In this adorable video, an improv group takes over a mini-golf course! They brought caddies, sportscasters and a group of golf-clapping fans to give kids the PGA experience of a lifetime! Full story: http://improveverywhere.com/2012/07/16/the-mini-golf-open/

 

[I deliberately chose a ridiculous toy weapon for today’s header  to compliment the ridiculous nature of today subject matter]

As some of you are aware, for many years both growing up and as an Adult I called Northwestern Connecticut my home. I still have family, friends and business interests there. Consequently I scan 3 of the Connecticut papers (Local, Regional & Statewide) on a more or less daily basis. When something there irks me I sound off just like here.

Some one a while back made a private comment to me suggesting that perhaps “The Lethal Leprechaun” was more bravado and act than reality. My understanding of the statement is that they were inferring that a real person would never express publically some of the points of view I have expressed and defended here. 

Today the prefect opportunity to prove that such a position has no basis in facts was presented me and I am jumping at the chance to prove that not ONLY do I “talk the talk” but that I ALSO “walk the walk” as well:

Courant Spanish Translated Stories Lack Spanish That Latinos Can Understand

July 17, 2012 By George Gombossy

The Hartford Courant should get kudos for recognizing that there is a largo underserved Spanish population in Connecticut by publishing Courant en Espanol.

But columnist Bessy Reyna of the new website http://www.ctlatinonews.com writes that the translation doesn’t even come up to Spanglish level.

“A few days ago while reading Courant.com I noticed the tab Courant en Español. The “Spanish” I found was so appalling that I decided to share some of the headlines with my Spanish-speaking friends,” she writes. “Their reactions ranged from “This isn’t even Spanglish” to “Did you see the one today about Norwich? It’s to laugh and cry at the same time.” Others thought it was simply lack of respect and yet another way to humiliate the Latino community.”

“It’s hard to imagine that the Courant, the oldest continuously-published newspaper in the country, would think so little of its readers as to publish a poorly worded computer generated translation, without anyone verifying that the versions are grammatically correct. Or does the paper think that Latinos are going to be ever so grateful to have to guess the meaning of the news in Spanish?”

Example:

“The July 12 posts brings these news “Este mujer Hartford acusado de apuñalar con el hombrepelador de patatas” which literally reads: “This woman Hartford Accused of stabbing the man with potato peeler.”

“(Bessy Reyna is an opinion columnist for CTLatinoNews.com whose views do not necessarily reflect those of this website. She is a former opinion columnist for the Hartford Courant and the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Connecticut Center for the Book.)

Phibber McGee on July 18, 2012 at 12:04 pm

The solution(s) is(are) very simple….

1.) LEARN TO SPEAK THE NATIVE LANGUAGE OF THE COUNTRY YOU ARE IN!

2.) Take you “expertise” in a language that a US newspaper whose majority of subscribers speak the native language of the country it is in to that paper and offer to be a proof reader.

3.) Recognize that The Hartford Courant is attempting to do a FREE service and using (most likely)an automated software program to do the translating which is the most cost effective way of doing. Undoubtedly Latinos would be unwilling to pay extra for the paper in their native language even if that extra cost was used solely to recover the costs of the salary of those assuring the translations were accurate & ‘non offensive in the level of their Spanglishness!’

4.) Stop the Entitlement attitude that says you are entitle to demand ANY US publication, other than important government documents, (and ONLY because its the laws those bleeding hearted liberals in Congress got passed) be presented to you at no cost in your native language because you cannot be bothered to learn the language of the country you are residing in. You want your paper in Spanish? GO BUY A SPANISH NEWSPAPER AND LEAVE THE HARTFORD COURANT ALONE!

NOW…any MORE discussion on the honesty of my stated beliefs and/or points of view as published here?

How about THIS TIME you man up and place the snide comments in the blogs comment section WITH YOUR NAME for everyone to see?  I’m not afraid of challenges or debating my beliefs/points of view (this stems from my not being a gutless liberal) but I’ll be damned if I’m going to do it with snide snipers from the anonymous liberal shadows.

Good Morning Campers.  I write this, sitting in my easy chair, Friday night.  Looking forward to next week I see a lot of things going on for me.
For instance, right now, while you’re reading this, I’m probably at work, trying to get things ready for another UTA weekend.  This is only an alternate UTA (UTA stands for Unit Training Assembly, or a weekend when the reservists have duty) so I’ll only have to work on Saturday, and end up Sunday off.
Then on Monday I’m out of town again for four days…Monday thru Thursday, in Indianapolis.  Now, those of you who know where Grissom is also probably know that Indianapolis is only an hour and a half away, so why go away?  Because once you add 3 hours travel time per day to a ten hour class room schedule, it becomes too much.  Indiana Homeland Security (the group putting on the class I will be taking) have decided that anything over 50 miles away and you can stay in a hotel for the three nights you will be there.  So, I’ll be in a hotel for three nights.  The nice thing is that maybe I’ll get to see some of my kids or grandkids while I’m there.
What class am I going to be in?
I’m taking FEMA’s L449 Class.  Or what’s also known as the ICS 300/400 Train-the-Trainer class.  Okay, now for the acronyms…FEMA is Federal Emergency Management Agency and ICS is Incident Command System.  Basically we are going to be taught how to teach controlling and working through emergencies.
Yeah, it’s not even near as interesting as it sounds and it sounds pretty bad.
But that’s my week coming.  I’ll try and stay in touch and maybe even post a couple of little updates here and there.  But, in the mean time, while I’m busy working, you guys need to be busy laughing…so….

Let’s get some observations from our resident observer…Jeannie…

So long Arizona!

Illegal immigrants are boycotting Arizona by the thousands, showing their outrage with Arizona ‘s controversial new SB-1070 law by moving elsewhere.

In the small town of Guadalupe , AZ, south of Phoenix , Manuel Renaldo is one of those who is punishing Arizona by leaving. As he loaded his stolen car with his stolen belongings and family of ten, Renaldo told this reporter through an interpreter “It’s a matter of principle; I refuse to be supported by a state that treats me like a criminal!”

The effects of the exodus are being felt by Arizona retailers, who are reporting dwindling sales of beer, spray paint, and ammunition. Also hit hard are the state hospitals, which have reported a dramatic decline in births and emergency room visits. Tattoo parlors are in a state of panic.

Renaldo told a reporter through an interpreter that he and his family are moving to Illinois, a democratic state with high taxes where hard working people will support him and his family with dignity!

Kind of brings a tear to your eye, doesn’t it ?

For some of us…and we know who we are, we have had a love affair with airplanes since we were little boys (okay, and for some of you, little girls, but I’ll bet there’s more boys).  It’s actually the whole reason I joined the Air Force way back when I was 18.  Well, here’s a beautiful old lady…with a wonderful story.  Thanks to Dad for sharing!

The Oldest Boeing Airliner in Flying Condition

The four passengers are in two closed cabins and the lone pilot is in an open cockpit — maybe so the cold air will make him stay awake!

Anybody remember when Jerry Lewis did this?  Am I showing how old I am?  Okay, so it’s good and worth watching….and remember, you can only see it on the website…so go to http://dragonlaffs.com

And since we’re doing videos, here’s one for the adults from Denis Leary called, “Kiss My Ass” which the Leprechaun sent to me…kinda think he’s trying to tell me something.

From PBS, a study of Lego Art.  Well worth the watch.  Thanks to Lynn for sending this one in.  Easy enough to watch right here!  But of course, you need to go to the website…our website (http://dragonlaffs.com) to view it. 

And a story that’s not so funny.  This is being sent around by lots of different law enforcement agencies.  Please take heed!

Kids are putting Drano, tin foil, and a little water in plastic drink bottles and capping it up – leaving it on lawns, in mail boxes, in gardens, on driveways etc. just waiting for you to pick it up intending to put it in the rubbish, but you’ll never make it!!!

Today’s Motivational Poster section is all of the same topic…pictures on a subject, as it were…I hope you enjoy

This is a pretty cool story and I’m sorry that I couldn’t put the video right here, but follow the link after you read the write-up and I think you will be happily entertained.

 

Another wicked cool video!!!!

Riding the Booster with enhanced sound

From the upcoming Special Edition Ascent: Commemorating Space Shuttle DVD/BluRay by NASA/Glenn a movie from the point of view of the Solid Rocket Booster with sound mixing and enhancement done by the folks at Skywalker Sound. The sound is all from the camera microphones and not fake or replaced with foley artist sound. The Skywalker sound folks just helped bring it out and make it more audible.

As they say in East Tennessee:

“Y’all can’t get the water to clear up,
Until you get the turd out of the creek.”

Today’s is brought to us from my Dad. Grand pa Dragon?  Nah.  Get my ass kicked for that one.   

Anyways…
It’s called “Only In America” Top 10.  But, I’ll bet if we tried, we could come up with a LOT more than just 10.  So, here we have, from Dad, …

Only in AMERICA — Top Ten 1) Only in America could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a $35,000 a plate campaign fund raising event. 2) Only in America could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when we have a black president,a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black. 12% of the population is black. 3) Only in America could we have had the two people most responsiblef or our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Ways and Means Committee, both turn out to be tax cheats who are in favor of higher taxes. 4) Only in America can we have terrorists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that

muslims might be harmed by the backlash.

5) Only in America would we make people who want to legally becomeAmerican citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks into the country illegally just become American citizens.

6) Only in America could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country’s Constitution be thought of as extremists.

7) Only in America could you need to present a driver’s license to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.

8) Only in America could people demand the government investigate whether oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S. oil company(Marathon Oil) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes(Nike).

9) Only in America could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a trillion dollars more than it has per year for total spending of $7 million per minute, and complain that it doesn’t have nearly enough money.

10) Only in America could the rich people who pay 86% of all income taxes be accused of not paying their “fair share” by people who don’t  pay any income taxes at all.

Okay, how about …
11) Only in America could the president tell an entire nation that their best and brightest, the hard-working, self-made, business men and women, entrepreneurs, of true pioneering spirit, didn’t do it themselves.
or how ‘bout…
12) Only in America can an elected official suggest you cremate your loved ones upon their passing, because it’s much less expensive…but NOT because times are hard and money is scarce, but so that you might donate the money you saved to HIS election campaign! (You have NO IDEA HOW MUCH this topic chaps my big fat dragon ass!!!!)  (I’m so pissed I can’t even write about it!!!) Okay, so maybe with K²’s help I can pull it off…..here’s Karl’s write up..

I’ve got to second K²’s sentiment.  We have got to get this guy out of office.  Our country can’t take four more years of this bull shit!

Let’s hear what you guys have to say!  Hit the comment button, rate us in stars (at the top of the web site) spread the word!  Dragon and Leprechaun in 2012!!!!!!

Well I’m pretty sure I can say for the most part Texas is no long (at least at the moment) in a drought condition or a near drought condition. While there might be a pocket or 2 here and there I would have to say those would probably largely be in the traditionally more arid areas to the far western areas of the state. After a week of fairly consistent and nearly constant rain which say some areas pick up as much as 9.5 to 14 inches in two days we’re pretty much flush with water hereabouts for the moment- a pleasant change from the last 18 months. Some of the lakes North of Houston that were built to provide backup water sources which had been drained severely are showing signs of decent recovery which is good for the summer trade in those areas which as been doubly depressed not only because of the economy by because of the economy but because of the drought.

 

WOW! That’s the last time I buy Timothy Leary Brand Coffee!

The A.M.A. Weighs in on Obamacare

The American Medical Association has weighed in on the new health care package. The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.

The Obstetricians felt they were all laboring under a misconception. Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted. Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!” while the Pediatricians said, ‘Oh, Grow up!’

The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it. Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing. The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow, and the Plastic Surgeons said, “This puts a whole new face on the matter.”

The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea. The Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas, and the Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no. In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the assholes in Washington.

 

 

I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it. — Terry Pratchett

  “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is a instrument for the people to restrain the government.” – Patrick Henry

Now THAT is what I call living your life with conviction, doing it your way, telling it like it is and going out with style! (To say nothing of the celebration of his life which has the appearances of the potential to be one hell of an Irish Wake!)

The Top 10 Rules of Life

These may sound funny, but they’re quite true (especially #10).

1. Never give yourself a haircut when drinking.

2. You need only two tools: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn’t move and it should, use WD-40. If it moves and shouldn’t, use duct tape.

3. Everyone seems normal until you get to know them.

4. When you make a mistake, make amends immediately — it’s easier to eat crow while it’s still warm.

5. The best advice that your mother ever gave you was, “Go! You might meet somebody!”

6. If they say you are too good for him/her, believe them.

7. Learn to pick your battles; ask yourself, “Will this matter one year from now? One month? One week? One day?”

8. Never pass up an opportunity to pee.

9. Living well really is the best revenge. Being miserable because of a bad or former relationship may mean the other person was right about you.

10. You can’t demand something as a “right” unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else’s right to the same thing.

 

 

The following are facts that Barack Obama does not want you to see….

We continue with Part Two from last week because there is a limit to how much of these facts I can reveal before readers start killing Democrats in frustrated rage.

$4155 – The average American household spent a staggering $4,155 on gasoline during 2011.

$4300 – The amount by which real median household income has declined since Barack Obama entered the White House.

$6000 – If you can believe it, the median price of a home in Detroit is now just $6000.

$10,000 – According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute, 46 percent of all American workers have less than $10,000 saved for retirement, and 29 percent of all American workers have less than $1,000 saved for retirement.

49,000 – In 2011, our trade deficit with China was more than 49,000 times larger than it was back in 1985.

50,000 – The United States has lost an average of approximately 50,000 manufacturing jobs a month since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

56,000 – The United States has lost more than 56,000 manufacturing facilities since 2001.

$85,000 – According to the New York Times, a Jeep Grand Cherokee that costs $27,490 in the United States costs about $85,000 in China thanks to all the tariffs.

$175,587 – The Obama administration spent $175,587 to find out if cocaine causes Japanese quail to engage in sexually risky behavior.

$328,404 – Over the next 75 years, Medicare is facing unfunded liabilities of more than 38 trillion dollars.  That comes to$328,404 for each and every household in the United States.

$361,330 – This is what the average banker in New York City made in 2010.

440,000 – If the federal government began right at this moment to repay the U.S. national debt at a rate of one dollar per second, it would take over 440,000 years to totally pay it off.

500,000 – According to the Economic Policy Institute, America is losing half a million jobs to China every single year.

2,000,000 – Family farms are being systematically wiped out of existence in the United States.  According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the number of farms in the United States has fallen from about 6.8 million in 1935 to only about 2 million today.

$2,000,000 – At this point, the U.S. national debt is rising by more than 2 million dollars every single minute.

2,600,000 – In 2010, 2.6 million more Americans fell into poverty.  That was the largest increase that we have seen since the U.S. government began keeping statistics on this back in 1959.

5,400,000 – When Barack Obama first took office there were 2.7 million long-term unemployed Americans.  Today there are twice as many.

16,000,000 – It is being projected that Obamacare will add 16 million more Americans to the Medicaid rolls.

$20,000,000 – The amount of money the U.S. government was spending to create a version of Sesame Street for children in Pakistan.

25,000,000 – Today, approximately 25 million American adults are living with their parents.

40,000,000 – According to Professor Alan Blinder of Princeton University, 40 million more U.S. jobs could be sent offshore over the next two decades if current trends continue.

46,405,204 – The number of Americans currently on food stamps.  When Barack Obama first entered the White House there were only 32 million Americans on food stamps.

88,000,000 – Today there are more than 88 million working age Americans that are not employed and that are not looking for employment.  That is an all-time record high.

100,000,000 – Overall, there are more than 100 million working age Americans that do not currently have jobs

$150,000,000 – This is approximately the amount of money that the Obama administration and the U.S. Congress are stealing from future generations of Americans every single hour.

$2,000,000,000 – The amount of money that JP Morgan has admitted that it will lose from derivatives trades gone bad.  Many analysts are convinced that the real number will actually end up being much higher.

$147,000,000,000 – In the U.S., medical costs related to obesity are estimated to be approximately 147 billion dollars a year.

295,500,000,000 – Our trade deficit with China in 2011 was $295.5 billion.  That was the largest trade deficit that one country has had with another country in the history of the planet.

$359,100,000,000 – During the first quarter of 2012, U.S. public debt rose by 359.1 billion dollars.  U.S. GDP only rose by 142.4 billion dollars.

$454,000,000,000 – During fiscal 2011, the U.S. government spent over 454 billion dollars just on interest on the national debt.

$1,000,000,000,000 – The total amount of student loan debt in the United States recently surpassed the one trillion dollar mark.

$1,170,000,000,000 – China now holds approximately 1.17 trillion dollars of U.S. government debt.  Yet the U.S. government continues to send them millions of dollars in foreign aid every year.

$1,600,000,000,000 – The amount that has been added to the U.S. national debt since the Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives.  This is more than the first 97 Congresses added to the national debt combined.

$5,000,000,000,000 – The U.S. national debt has risen by more than 5 trillion dollars since the day that Barack Obama first took office.  In a little more than 3 years Obama has added more to the national debt than the first 41 presidents combined.

$5,000,000,000,000 – What the real U.S. budget deficit in 2011 would have been if the federal government had used generally accepted accounting principles.

$11,440,000,000,000 – The total amount of consumer debt in the United States.

$15,734,596,578,458.59 – The U.S. national debt as of June 7, 2012.

$200,000,000,000,000 – Today, the 9 largest banks in the United States have a total of more than 200 trillion dollars of exposure to derivatives.  When the derivatives market completely collapses there won’t be enough money in the entire world to fix it.

http://ww/economy/70-facts-president-obama-doesnt-want-you-to-knoww.yolohub.com

 

Did you know that in the human body there is a nerve that connects the eyeball to the anus?
It’s called the Anal Optic Nerve, and it is responsible for giving people a shitty outlook on life.
If you don’t believe it, pull a hair from your ass and see if it doesn’t bring a tear to your eyes!

Occasionally it gets hooked into a person’s work ethic and they can’t see themselves going to work on a particular day. In Moderates and Conservatives this generally only lasts for a long weekend. However in Democrats, if left untreated, it can become an acute problem leading to something called ‘Entitlement-Minded-Welfaritis-Occupy-This-Socialist-Muslim-Electing’ Syndrome.

Good Grief Charlie Brown!

 

At around 4:30pm today, I had an incoming call with an 860 area code. I used to live in Connecticut, so I took the call…

The caller identified herself as “So and So” from the Re-elect Obama Campaign.

I should have said…..

Since Obama took office, unemployment in my city has been over 13%.

Since Obama took office, my house value has dropped $200,000.

Since Obama took office, my health care premiums and co-pays have increased.

Since Obama took office,  military and social security cost of living increases were frozen and Medicare costs increased.

Since Obama took office, my mother’s medical and drug co-pays have increased.

Since Obama took office, friends and family have been laid off and even if they took steps to further their qualifications, have remained among the long term unemployed (up to 2 years).

Since Obama took office, our household income has dropped by just under 40%.

But, what I said was…

BEGORAH! ARE YOU BUGGERING KIDDING ME???!!!! RE-ELECT THAT BLEEDING ARSEHOLE??!!!!!!

Guess I just lost my composure. [Gee like THAT never happens around here!]

Also works with Lame Stream Media Talking Heads!

 

Even with the A/C set to ‘arctic’ its bloody hot here in Texas at Keebler Towers, especially when entertaining outside or just grillin’ and chillin’ with a few assorted clients and minions. Since I figure the story is largely the same all over, I thought we’d cool down with a few  cool non alcoholic drinks (don’t worry, we can easily remedy that flaw in the recipes!)

Tropical Freeze

Sherbet adds the creaminess, ice adds the thickening coolness, and the juice and banana blend out the fresh taste in this soothing beverage.

Prep: 10 minutes

Serves: 4

Sherbet adds the creaminess, ice adds the thickening coolness, and the juice and banana blend out the fresh taste in this soothing beverage.

Ingredients:

1 bottle (16 ounces) V8 Splash® Tropical Blend Juice Drink, chilled

1 pint orange or mango sherbet or vanilla ice cream

1 cup crushed ice

2 medium bananas, sliced

Directions:

Put the juice drink, sherbet, ice and 1/2 of the bananas in a blender.

Cover and blend until the mixture is smooth. Garnish with the remaining banana slices. Serve immediately.

Of course a wee splash of something like Malibu Rum wouldn’t hurt it either!

Mulled Raspberry Mosas

Serve these drinks in very fancy glasses to maximize their elegant appeal.

Prep: 5 minutes

Serves: 4

Serve these drinks in very fancy glasses to maximize their elegant appeal.

Ingredients:

16 fresh or thawed frozen raspberries

1 1/3 cups V8 Splash® Tropical Blend Juice Drink, chilled

1 cup champagne or seltzer water, chilled

Directions:

Place 4 raspberries in each of 4 fluted champagne glasses. Mash them lightly with a fork.

Pour 1/3 cup juice drink and 1/4 cup champagne into each glass. Stir and serve immediately.

 

Tropical Mojitos

Add a blend of tropical fruit juices to spin this classic rum drink into something even more captivating.

Prep: 10 minutes

Serves: 8

Add a blend of tropical fruit juices to spin this classic rum drink into something even more captivating.

Ingredients:

1 cup fresh mint leaves

Ice cubes

3 bottles (16 ounces each) V8 Splash® Tropical Blend Juice Drink (6 cups), chilled

1 cup rum

Directions:

Divide the mint leaves among 8 tall glasses. Mash them lightly with the back of a spoon. Fill the glasses with ice.

Stir the juice drink and rum in a 2-quart pitcher and pour into the ice-filled glasses.

I’d use complimentary flavors of V-8 Splash as opposed to all the same one.

Citrus Cooler

This deliciously simple drink practically screams refreshing…vegetable and citrus juices mix with a splash of seltzer to make a crowd pleasing beverage everyone can enjoy.

Prep: 5 minutes

Serves: 6

This deliciously simple drink practically screams refreshing…vegetable and citrus juices mix with a splash of seltzer to make a crowd pleasing beverage everyone can enjoy. 

Ingredients:

3 cups V8® 100% Vegetable Juice (I use the Lo Sodium version, trust me you will not miss the salt!)

1 1/2 cups orange juice

1 1/2 cups seltzer water or club soda

1/4 cup lime juice

Orange and lime slices for garnish

Directions:

Stir the vegetable juice, orange juice, seltzer and lime juice in a large pitcher. Serve over ice. Garnish with orange and lime slices.

Nutrition Information

Nutritional Values per Serving

Using V8 Vegetable Juice: : Calories 58, Total Fat 0g, Saturated Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 213mg, Total Carbohydrate 13g, Dietary Fiber 1g, Protein 1g, Vitamin A 21%DV, Vitamin C 96%DV, Calcium 3%DV, Iron 3%DV

White liqueurs- Gin, Vodka, White Rum, Tequila Blanco are the ticket here. This is a very bright, sassy and in your face drink. Not for the faint hearted.

 

Pineapple-Apricot Cooler

Prep: 5 minutes

Serves: 2

When you’re looking for a quick sweet-treat, this 5-minute blender drink will really satisfy.  Frozen yogurt and almond extract make it especially smooth and tasty.  

Ingredients:

1/3 cup Smuckers® sugar free apricot preserves

1 cup sugar free vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt

1 cup chopped pineapple

1/2 cup nonfat milk

1/8 teaspoon almond extract

Directions:

Place the preserves, ice cream, pineapple, milk and almond extract into a blender.  Cover and blend until the mixture is smooth.

If you use Almond milk for this in place of the nonfat milk, it will have a better mouth feel and you can forgo the almond extract!

Cool, Cool Gazpacho

Vegetable juice adds a burst of great flavor to this zesty gazpacho, bursting with diced fresh vegetables. 

It’s a refreshing dish for a hot summer’s day…but it’s so easy to make, you can enjoy it any time.

Prep: 30 minutes
Chill: 1 hour

Serves: 6

Vegetable juice adds a burst of great flavor to this zesty gazpacho, bursting with diced fresh vegetables.  It’s a refreshing dish for a hot summer’s day…but it’s so easy to make, you can enjoy it any time.

Ingredients:

6 medium tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped (about 6 cups)

1 1/2 cups V8® 100% Vegetable Juice

1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced (about 1 1/3 cups)

1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)

1 small green pepper, finely chopped (about 1/3 cup)

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/4 cup olive oil

2 tablespoons vinegar

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Hot pepper sauce to taste

Directions:

Stir the tomatoes, vegetable juice, cucumber, onion, green pepper, garlic, oil, vinegar, black pepper and hot pepper sauce in a large mixing bowl. Cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or until ready to serve.

A splash of Pepper Vodka is just the thing here. Need more zing? Garnish it with a little fresh Pico de Gallo or sneak a little Picante into the mix. Don’t stop there though! You can do so much more with it!  It makes a great snack, appetizer or light refreshing lunch!

Top with a few croutons, serve with a crostini or 2 for dipping for a snack, hang a few chilled cocktail shrimp around the rim for an appetizer. Place a scoop of lump crab or lobster meat atop a bowlful with a small salad for a light refreshing lunch. I’ve even seen it in a restaurant with fried 4 cheese tortellini (think fried ravioli) served on the side to be used like croutons!

What’s a party with out a little music? How about some Texas Blues! 

Obama Blues

Obama Blues – Recorded at an undisclosed, secure location in Texas by a few musicians who are fed up and got together to try to make a difference.

 

http://www.obamabluessong.com. Available at:http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/augieandtheblacktears
Performed By: Augie and the Black Tears
Written By: Kevin Kosub
Produced By: Clay Meyers & Kevin Kosub
Kevin Kat Music, BMI
Magnifico Meyers Music, BMI
Copyright 2012. All rights reserved.

 

Do you support or oppose increased government regulations to protect user privacy on the Internet?

32%  Strongly support increased regulations
20%  Somewhat support increased regulations
8%  Somewhat oppose increased regulations
32%  Strongly oppose increased regulations
8%  No Strong Opinion

If the 2012 US Presidential election were held today, who would you vote for?

29%  Barack Obama
53%  Mitt Romney
12%  Undecided
0%   Undecided, but probably Obama
0%   Undecided, but probably Romney
6%   I am not registered to vote

Do you consider the current economy to be strong, about average, or weak?

6%   About average
0%   Strong
94%  Weak

 

We have a guest ranter today folks. Please welcome Graciemj to the soap box. You folks down front might want to assume “Gallagher Style Protection” as Gracie tends to gesture wildly with her coffee cup when ranting and spread it around a bit. (Opening large golf umbrella) Take it away Graciemj!

‘That Doesn’t Make Sense’: Obama Donor Infuriated by President’s Rhetoric Speaks Out

• Posted on July 11, 2012 at 11:05pm by Mytheos

Since the 2012 campaign began in earnest, the Obama campaign has tried to portray itself as the victim of a powerful, wealthy Republican opponent whose success renders him hopelessly out of touch with normal Americans, and who cannot possibly be seen as a viable alternative to the President precisely because he is so out of touch. They have also claimed that they are speaking truth to power and must be seen as a small, courageous band trying to keep government in the hands of the people and out of the mitts of the greedy, rich and powerful.

There’s just one problem. When you portray yourself as the defender of the poor and scourge of the rich, it’s rather hard to get donations from the people who can most afford to help finance an election, considering that those people are themselves rich. This fact has been driving away Obama donors consistently since the President began his drumbeat of class baiting, and now even some of his most loyal financial supporters are starting to get sick of it. Fox Nation brings us this deeply ironic, entertaining story:

Millionaire developer R. Donahue Peebles -– a 52-year-old D.C. native whose company website touts The Peebles Corp. as “the country’s largest African American real estate development company,” is a top fundraiser for President Barack Obama…raising between $100K and $200K for this reelection.

R. Donahue Peebles

But in a 20-minute conversation with HuffPost Monday, Peebles blasted Obama’s campaign messaging. He said, as he told other press outlets, that his frustration was sparked by receiving an email from the DNC that mocked Romney as“out of touch” for having a boat that fit 12 people, accompanied by a picture of the Republican presumptive nominee on vacation.[…]

“What I get concerned about is the message from the Obama campaign that we only want someone who has not been successful to run for president. What do we want here? You can’t be successful and run the country? We don’t want somebody who has been successful to run it? That doesn’t make sense,” Peebles said.[…]

“So I look at that and I see that those things are becoming offensive to some of his strongest supporters, financially.”It would be unrealistic to think that that kind of thing would not impact the enthusiasm for those who are supportive of the president, financially, and certainly would turn off others who were on the fence to say, ‘You know, what the heck with it. I’m done,’” Peebles continued. “And they go on to Romney.”[…]

“I’m so tired of hearing that the rich are not paying their fair share of taxes. Yeah we are,” Peebles said. “The super vast majority of wealthy Americans do not wake up every day and say, ‘Let’s see how we can pay less than our fair share of taxes.’ They say, ‘We’re going to follow the law and we’re going to hire some good accountants to tell us how to do it. And we’re going to pay no more or no less than our air share.’”So to say that wealthy individuals are not paying their fair is unfair and delusional,” he said. “So what should be said is that the wealthy Americans should have their tax rates raised because we need more money. Now by the way, if they got all these tax raises it still wouldn’t put a dent in the national debt.”

There’s more like this, and you can feel free to read the rest of you click the link above to see Peebles’ epic rant. For now, we’re beginning to wonder how long it will take before the Obama administration figures out they have a problem with rich people – not just the supposed greedy, nasty ones, but any rich person who doesn‘t like their hard work questioned by people who probably haven’t worked as hard in a less demanding environment.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/that-doesnt-make-sense-obama-donor-infuriated-by-presidents-rhetoric-speaks-out/

Graciemj says:

Mr Peebles forgets..Obama’s a community organizer. All Obama knows is to demonize one group of Americans to get another group or Americans angry at them and to demand “stuff” from them. All Obama knows is to vilify success and tell others they‘re entitled to another group’s success.
This is what Obama does..this is all he’s ever done.
It‘s the most frustrating thing to put up with when Obama’s own past is right there in front of us all and idiots like Peebles only see what they want to see until it’s too late.
What the hell did Peeble think a socialist community organizer immersed in Marxist thought would do? This is what the left does..fabricate victims, then get these “victims” angry at other Americans who are successful. Division and hate is Obama’s stock in trade.

Thanks for sharing your view with us Graciemj but you have to leave the rocket launcher here!

Lethal here folks-

Sorry to interrupt your Sunday, but this is damned important.

See today is an important date in history and both myself and Impish made no mention of it this week in our issues. I’m aiming with the short Special announcement to redress that error that is mostly one on my part as I’m sure modesty prevented Impish from saying anything about it.

I figure once you hear about what was almost brushed under the carpet there will be comments and e-mails a plenty (HINT!!) on this issue so it does not slide by unremarked upon.

So with out further preamble please join me in wishing:

Happy Anniversary to Mr. & Mrs. Impish Dragon!

 

May every hour of every day be blessed with a shining gift of joy, a dream to share together, a memory that’s forever but most of all a promise that the best is yet to come!

Please join me in toasting the happy couple!

First for Mrs. Dragon who is a true daughter o’ Erin, a traditional toast in the Gaelic:

‘Sliocht sleachta ar shliocht bhur sleachta.’
(May there be a generation of children on the children of your children.)

and for the both of them:

May the roof above you never fall in, And those gathered beneath it never fall out.

Here’s to health, peace and prosperity. May the flower of love never be nipped by the frost of disappointment, nor shadow of grief fall among your family and friends.

May you be poor in misfortune, rich in blessings, slow to make enemies and quick to make friends. And may you know nothing but happiness from this day forward.

May your home always be too small to hold all your friends and finally my dear friends,

May I see you grey and combing your grandchildren’s hair together.

Thank Ye most kindly  for your attention and participation in this very Special Announcement. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Sunday activities and events. [Remember my bloody hint!]

Good Morning Campers!
Hope you all have had a great week so far and are looking forward to a great weekend.
Well, I’m here to help you get started on this welcome time off.  Here’s an issue just jammed packed full of stuff…not really sure what kind of stuff, but stuff!  Lots and lots of graphics in this one, so don’t be surprised if it took the page a little while to open.
Anyway, here’s another picture of my current project.  It’s kinda of like guy macramé… here’s my latest super project on the bottom and then three examples of what we are trying to get set up to sell for October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a favorite charity of mine.  Money raised by selling the pink or breast cancer themed ones will got to charity:

so, anyway, that’s kind of it, ready to get started laughing…lots of stuff to have fun with.  Let’s go!

Dad sent this one to me and if you are a fan, which I am, it’s really good.

Remember…the only way to watch the video is by going to the website…http://dragonlaffs.com.  It’s the only way to really get the full effect of the newsletter, anyway. 

The Gold Urinal
Before Obama was elected President he went to see Bill and Hillary for some campaign advice, at their spacious home.
After drinking several glasses of iced tea, he asked Bill Clinton if he could use his personal bathroom.
When he entered Clinton ‘s private toilet, he was astonished to see that Clinton had a solid gold urinal! Wow!
That afternoon, Obama told his wife, Michelle, about the urinal. “Just think,’ he said, ‘when I am President, I will have an even bigger gold urinal !

Later, when Michelle had lunch with Hillary, she told Hillary how impressed Obama had been at his discovery of the fact that, in his private bathroom,
Bill had a gold urinal.
That evening, when Bill and Hillary were getting ready for bed, Hillary smiled and said to Bill:

“I found out who peed in your saxophone.”

 

 

Zombies are real!  And we’ve all seen them!  They just aren’t the same way that Hollywood portrays them.  Not at all….

Come on!  Can’t you see it?

A version of this was sent to me by my Dad (thanks Dad) and in the spirit of fact checking I found the original article and liked it so much, I decided to share the original.  Which was found on townhall.com by the way. 

Most political predictions are made by biased pollsters, pundits, or prognosticators who are either rooting for Republicans or Democrats. I am neither. I am a former Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee, and a well-known Vegas oddsmaker with one of the most accurate records of predicting political races.

Neither Obama nor Romney are my horses in the race. I believe both Republicans and Democrats have destroyed the U.S. economy and brought us to the edge of economic disaster. My vote will go to Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson in November, whom I believe has the most fiscally conservative track record of any Governor in modern U.S. political history. Without the bold spending cuts of a Gary Johnson or Ron Paul, I don’t believe it’s possible to turnaround America.

But as an oddsmaker with a pretty remarkable track record of picking political races, I play no favorites. I simply use common sense to call them as I see them. Back in late December I released my New Years Predictions. I predicted back then- before a single GOP primary had been held, with Romney trailing for months to almost every GOP competitor from Rick Perry to Herman Cain to Newt- that Romney would easily rout his competition to win the GOP nomination by a landslide. I also predicted that the Presidential race between Obama and Romney would be very close until election day. But that on election day Romney would win by a landslide similar to Reagan-Carter in 1980.

Understanding history, today I am even more convinced of a resounding Romney victory. 32 years ago at this moment in time, Reagan was losing by 9 points to Carter. Romney is right now running even in polls. So why do most pollsters give Obama the edge?

First, most pollsters are missing one ingredient- common sense. Here is my gut instinct. Not oneAmerican who voted for McCain 4 years ago will switch to Obama. Not one in all the land. But many millions of people who voted for an unknown Obama 4 years ago are angry, disillusioned, turned off, or scared about the future. Voters know Obama now- and that is a bad harbinger.

Now to an analysis of the voting blocks that matter in U.S. politics:

*Black voters. Obama has nowhere to go but down among this group. His endorsement of gay marriage has alienated many black church-going Christians. He may get 88% of their vote instead of the 96% he got in 2008. This is not good news for Obama.

*Hispanic voters. Obama has nowhere to go but down among this group. If Romney picks Rubio as his VP running-mate the GOP may pick up an extra 10% to 15% of Hispanic voters (plus lock down Florida). This is not good news for Obama.

*Jewish voters. Obama has been weak in his support of Israel. Many Jewish voters and big donors are angry and disappointed. I predict Obama’s Jewish support drops from 78% in 2008 to the low 60’s. This is not good news for Obama.

*Youth voters. Obama’s biggest and most enthusiastic believers from 4 years ago have graduated into a job market from hell. Young people are disillusioned, frightened, and broke- a bad combination. The enthusiasm is long gone. Turnout will be much lower among young voters, as will actual voting percentages. This not good news for Obama.

*Catholic voters. Obama won a majority of Catholics in 2008. That won’t happen again. Out of desperation to please women, Obama went to war with the Catholic Church over contraception. Now he is being sued by the Catholic Church. Majority lost. This is not good news for Obama.

*Small Business owners. Because I ran for Vice President last time around, and I’m a small businessman myself, I know literally thousands of small business owners. At least 40% of them in my circle of friends, fans and supporters voted for Obama 4 years ago to “give someone different a chance.” I warned them that he would pursue a war on capitalism and demonize anyone who owned a business…that he’d support unions over the private sector in a big way…that he’d overwhelm the economy with spending and debt. My friends didn’t listen. Four years later, I can’t find one person in my circle of small business owner friends voting for Obama. Not one. This is not good news for Obama.

*Blue collar working class whites. Do I need to say a thing? White working class voters are about as happy with Obama as Boston Red Sox fans feel about the New York Yankees. This is not good news for Obama.

*Suburban moms. The issue isn’t contraception…it’s having a job to pay for contraception. Obama’s economy frightens these moms. They are worried about putting food on the table. They fear for their children’s future. This is not good news for Obama.

*Military Veterans. McCain won this group by 10 points. Romney is winning by 24 points. The more our military vets got to see of Obama, the more they disliked him. This is not good news for Obama.

Add it up. Is there one major group where Obama has gained since 2008? Will anyone in America wake up on election day saying “I didn’t vote for Obama 4 years ago. But he’s done such a fantastic job, I can’t wait to vote for him today.” Does anyone feel that a vote for Obama makes their job more secure?

Forget the polls. My gut instincts as a Vegas oddsmaker and common sense small businessman tell me this will be a historic landslide and a world-class repudiation of Obama’s radical and risky socialist agenda. It’s Reagan-Carter all over again.

But I’ll give Obama credit for one thing- he is living proof that familiarity breeds contempt.

A teacher goes around her class asking each of the kids what they need at home. 

First kid says “A computer.”

Teacher replies, “That would be very useful.”

Second kid says “A new lawn mower” and gets a similar response.

Little Johnny pops up and says: “At my house we don’t need anything.”

 
 
The teacher asks him to think again carefully as everybody needs something.

Little Johnny replies, “Nope I’m sure!  When my sister started dating a Muslim,

I remember Dad saying … “Well, that’s the last fucking thing we need!”

The 17 16 Funniest Descriptions of Interview Subjects The News Has Ever Broadcast

I’m sorry folks, but the subject of this picture that I received is 100% accurate!

WE ARE DOOMED!!

This is halarius, probably more so for me since I’ve had bad interaction with treadmills myself!  LOL!!

And remember….you gotta be on the website to see the movies…. http://dragonlaffs.com

Probably one of the greatest police chases of all time…had I only been dispatching when THIS one came up…I hope you enjoy.

Smaller babies may be delivered by stork but the heavier ones need a crane.

The closest I ever came to a menage a trois was when I dated a schizophrenic.

When the movie director tried fly-fishing, he ended up with a casting call.

My next-door neighbor worships exhaust pipes, he’s a catholic converter.

I failed Art because the subject didn’t suit my pallet, so I drew a blank.

The new weed whacker is cutting-hedge technology.

Some people call it “getting fixed,” but we prefer to call a spayed a spayed.

Honey and a warm cave are bear necessities.

Some people like raw meat on rare occasions.

An author who wrote from his basement had a best cellar.

There’s a new weight loss product on the market. It adds religion to a special liquid for foods that are allowed for dieters. It’s called Lettuce Spray.

If you invite an insomniac to your pajama party they will be up for it.

I used to tell a lot of religious jokes. Not any more. I’m a registered sects offender.

The basic plot for a romance novel set in the inner city is in the end, the hero gets the heroin.

McDonald’s is buying the Civic Arena. They’re going to call it the Macarena.

In Davis, CA, a man who used to perform autopsies has been arrested for taking home 157 pounds of human body parts. Do you know what his bail cost him? An arm and a leg.

For the graduating cheer leader, this game was her last hurrah.

Weight loss mantra? Fat chants!

I’m passing this one on as I received it with a couple of additions of my own and with the obligatory blue comments by the one and only Impish Dragon.  This particular email grabbed me because I can’t ever remember in my short life…okay, not so sure life … of any other political personage having as many strong feelings expressed about him.  Look at this email:

Highway billboard attacking Obama inspires heated newspaper letters:
a billboard in West Plains showing a caricature of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wearing a turban and using his middle name – Hussein – in quotes has sparked outrage and accusations of racism.

It would be nice to keep this going until November 2012…
5 miles east of Clovis , New Mexico on Highway 60-70-84. 
That’s the Texaco highway for those of you who don’t know.

Look at the bottom of the sign to see who paid for it. Love it!

I know some of these are old, some of them have been around for awhile, but still…it’s pretty obvious that an awful lot of AMERICANS have some pretty strong feelings.