Friday Follies...
Made it to another summer weekend...
Hazy, hot, and humid was the order for the past few days, sprinkled lightly with some needed rain showers.
And yet, it never ceases to amaze me when I read the papers or watch the news on TV (FOX news...where truth still seems to reign), about how MUCH this nation has changed...and continues to change daily, and sometimes on an hourly basis.
Glenn Beck summed it up nicely yesterday, when he wondered WHAT PLANET he woke up on.
I know I've said that for YEARS...seems like....BIZARRO WORLD.
You remember that from the older Superman comics - a place where it LOOKS like the Earth we know, BUT...everything is ASS-BACKWARDS.
And the inhabitants speak a bastard form of English much like my "neighbors"...LOL!
*** Take for example the fact that while we, the people were being distracted with education "reform" (and all that other governmental smoke and mirrors), Kevin James was finally appointed to our SUPREME COURT!
Yeah, I know they say it's ELENA KAGAN, but we all know better. I mean if you're going to portray a FARCE in the highest court in this nation, why NOT get a person who is a damn good COMEDIC ACTOR, right?

I mean, what this government is doing is downright laughable...and also pathetic at the same time, don'cha think?
Or...maybe, just MAYBE, Kevin and Elena were just separated at birth...hmm?
*** The Chinese have a new missile, called the FENG 21D (how very phallic of them) they claim is capable of sinking an aircraft carrier (like the George Washington).
It has a range of 900 nautical miles and can reach speeds of MACH 12!
(that's some serious ass-haulin', folks!)
Geez, at this rate, Beijing could be the next leading super power.
Now where do you suppose that will leave US?

(besides standing about with our crotch in our hand)
*** Well, whatever the case may be when it comes to the MAIL, it might not be easy to send that Christmas gift to a loved one during all this, as the USPS may be going BROKE by 2011.
The $3.5 BILLION dollar loss in the last fiscal quarter is attributable to reduced mail volume and health-care costs for retirees.
Now who said the government doesn't know how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
I don't suppose ANY of that leftover $421 BILLION dollars that was never used for that FIRST "stimulus" plan could be applied, could it?
Nah...better to sit on that and spend even more to bail this agency out.
*** And who'd have thought that Fannie Mae needs more money (again) AS WELL?
They're "requesting" ANOTHER $1.5 BILLION dollars for financial aid.
Okay...the line for the NEXT round of bailouts forms to the LEFT. (doesn't it always?)
*** Right, so we're not the ONLY nation having a heatwave. Russia also is having a sweltering summer.
And...get ready for THIS one...it's going to cost US more money at the grocery stores.
Yeah, go ahead, say it....

(W...T...F...???)
Between the heat and wildfires there, wheat fields have taken a huge hit, and that will cause prices to rise.
Whatever happened to those "Amber Waves of Grain" we lauded in THIS country?
(Amber waves of Stalin's? Doesn't sound as inviting)
And with higher WHEAT prices will follow higher CORN and SOYBEAN prices.
Wow...what to do...
Should be EAT, or keep dumping all those commodities into "alternative fuel sources"?
SO many decisions...SO little time.
*** The Connecticut shooter that killed those people in that beer distribution place, had a chilling 911 call, stating he "took care of that racist place".
Here's the link:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/connecticut-shooter-omar-thornton-chased-victims-beer-distributor/story?id=11322281
Here's a guy with some chip on his shoulder that pitched a REAL fit after he was caught stealing beer and selling it to a THIRD party.
And HE'S the "victim"?

Tell THAT to the families of the ones he killed!
I better not hear ONE word about that.
But his white girlfriend probably will have a LOT to say about things.
Like I said, if there is to be ANY type of RACE war...uh, let me clarify and perhaps say "CLASS" war, it will not likely be a white person firing that first shot.
*** I was watching one of my FAVORITE shows on TV last night - Police Women of Memphis (Fort Wayne with a drawl) on TLC.
They had TWO new eps on,and it was a helluva "ride-along".
One call had two black "youts" (16 years old) who stole a car, and one jumped into a drainage ditch and booked, as the other one got caught. They DID get the 2nd boy and they were BOTH lying out their asses...with that "I didn't do that...wasn't me!" BS.
C'mon now...you got CAUGHT in the damn car. The one that ran has wet shoes - said he just WASHED them...((*blink"-*blink*)) - (a "Momma Fargo" moment) and that all the bruises he got (from jumping the fence into the ditch) were there "before".
THIS is EXACTLY the type of behavior all our police have to deal with...I've seen and heard it so many times.
As soon as they open their mouths, the lies start pouring out like Niagara Falls!
And the police are "supposed" to just say: 'Wow, so THAT'S what went down. Thanks for all your cooperation. We wouldn't have guessed that you were NOT the one who stole the car, even though YOU were behind the wheel. Have a nice day".
Well, that's what these people EXPECT from the cops...another ENTITLEMENT. The ONLY entitlement they DO (or ever SHOULD) get is named MIRANDA...and a nice shiny pair of "bracelets" that accompany that ride "downtown".
You see, when you GIVE enough to people who:
a) Don't deserve it.
b) Don't appreciate it.
They get REAL comfortable...REAL fast.
My Dad had a saying for it - "They think the world owes them a living".
And that sums it up nicely.
Trouble is...SOMEONE has to PAY for all this free sh*t...and GUESS who winds up footing the bill?
Just look in the mirror for the answer.
The time of entitlements to the undeserving and unappreciative needs to end...NOW.
This nation needs JOBS...and a much better sense of direction, if we are to remain at least as competitive as we USED to be.
Actually, I'd like to see us rise again to the top of the damn heap.
This nation has too much to lose, and yet SO much more to gain...IF we do the right thing.
And that needs to start with every single one of us.
Think of the E PLURIBUS UNUM phrase, if you ever doubt that.
(Out of many...one)
And that's ONE nation...UNDER GOD...INDIVISIBLE (incapable of being DIVIDED) with all that LIBERTY, and all that JUSTICE (and none of that "social justice" crap)...for EVERYONE (that is an American).
Just a little something to ponder...
Have yourselves a fantastic weekend. Be well, make a difference, and...
Stay safe out there, America.