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Posted by Nathan on 8 Feb 2010 10:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

John Murtha, dead senator.

(To recap: I am not one to be all teary-eyed about political enemies. Fuck 'em.)

John Murtha, Senator from Pennsylvania, is apparently dead. This means that he will not be called to account for his myriad crimes against his constituents and his fellow citizens by standing trial before the temporal court of justice he so richly deserved.

But he's got a higher Tribunal to answer to now.

Good riddance. See you in Hell, Senator. Maybe your constituents will have better sense in the future.

Posted by Nathan on 8 Feb 2010 10:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

So there I was -- and this is no shit -- in Wheeling, West Virginia...

...waiting for the snow to start.

Except it isn't supposed to start until some time after I leave for Baltimore in the morning.

And then it isn't supposed to hit the MD/DC/NOVA area until sometime after noon...by which time I will be ensconced in beautiful downtown Alexandria, Virginia, for Masonic Week.

After that? 10"-20" more white stuff is forecast, but since I'm not budging from the hotel until Sunday, I really don't care.

Have fun, y'all. I'll be the guy at the bar drinking Maker's Mark.

Posted by Nathan on 8 Feb 2010 9:57 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Øbama can't endorse anyone.

Colts fans: You lost because Øbama favored the Colts.

Just sayin'.

Posted by Nathan on 8 Feb 2010 11:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I can't believe I'm her son.

My mother, on the phone just now, told me she was sick and tired of that Palin woman; that she hated how she talked; and that anyone as dumb as she was shouldn't be given the time of day.

Now, even given that my mother voted for Øbama (something my father would never have done, because he knew snake oil when he saw it), I didn't think she would actually succumb to a case of the lefty stupids.

So I asked her: Where do you get this information?

And as I feared: CNN, MSNBC, "the newspaper", etc. ad nauseum.

I guess it should not really shock me. Mom was my age when there were only three networks, and you had your choice of one of three pretty similar brands of network news. So of course she blindly trusts the MSM and doesn't read under the surface of their reportage the fact that they are themselves blinded -- by fear of someone like Sarah Palin, who like Ronald Reagan, speaks over them directly to the public at large, with a message the public can understand.

Of course the MSM must silence Sarah. They can't afford another Reagan at a time when their credibility with the public is at an all-time low.

The worst part was that it's fairly clear Mom thinks Dad would have thought the same way she does about Sarah Palin.

I doubt it. Dad was a classical liberal who thought well of Kennedy and probably held his nose when he voted for LBJ. He voted for Humphrey in '68 but McGovern was the last straw; he voted for Nixon in '72 and never looked back. I'm convinced he would have held his nose regarding McCain, too, and voted past him for Palin, because he would have seen that Øbama was no good for the country.

Definitely my father's son. Definitely. Oh, and Mom doesn't even seem to get that she's basically calling a woman who was smart enough to get elected Governor of Alaska a redneck shitkicker -- something she supposedly brought me up better than to do.

And the fucking Communist in the White House who's destroying our country? She doesn't like a few of his policies. Otherwise he's just fine.

Jesus wept.

Posted by Nathan on 7 Feb 2010 9:18 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Too late to apologize

Masterful.

The lyrics.

Posted by Nathan on 7 Feb 2010 8:38 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Paging Al Gore (latest in a recent series)

I need you to get your ass over here and remove this 4" of global warming from my driveway.

It's too wet for the snowblower, so you'll have to use the shovel.

Posted by Nathan on 5 Feb 2010 3:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Can't figure out why I'm so tired.

I just drove to Cleveland on Tuesday, went to a funeral and sat shiva Wednesday, had a great breakfast and a fabulous lunch today and drove home before it dumped freezing precipitation on us.

Can't imagine why I can't keep my eyes open.

Posted by Nathan on 4 Feb 2010 10:09 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Nothing like being in Cleveland in February.

The funeral we attended today was fine (as funerals go) until we got in the cars to go to the cemetery. Today's weather in Cleveland was blowing snow and freezing temps.

As a result, I likened the graveside committal service to a Russian funeral.

BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE NAPOLEON'S [censored] RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.

If Al Gore had been there, I would have pushed him in the hole.

Posted by Nathan on 3 Feb 2010 8:46 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

Bill Watterson: Still kickin'.

Calvin's creator is still among us. (H/T.)

Noted lots of love for Pearls Before Swine in the comments. I can't understand why; worst comic I've ever read. I mean, come on, I get satire, but mean-spiritedness is not my cup of tea. Get Fuzzy was also mentioned; a formerly-good comic that has degenerated into "what will the cat beat up/destroy today".

One that wasn't mentioned: Candorville. May I be frank? Right down there with Pearls. Awful, awful, awful.

Posted by Nathan on 2 Feb 2010 9:05 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Classic.

Via Surber:

Talk about code bloat.

Posted by Nathan on 29 Jan 2010 2:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Priceless.

Thanks, Dick.

Posted by Nathan on 29 Jan 2010 12:51 PM | Permalink

Bobbi serves the Star up on a platter

Go and read of it, for it is muchly good.

Posted by Nathan on 29 Jan 2010 7:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Loophole, schmoophole.

I was listening to Fox today at lunchtime and kept hearing about Øbama and his crew wanting to close the so-called "loophole" that the Supremes had opened up by invalidating most of McCain-Feingold. But it seemed to me that the existing statute (as quoted by the newsreader) was pretty clear that a foreign corporation could not, either directly or indirectly, contribute to a political campaign. The "or indirectly" part seemed to seal it up for me.

Turns out Shannen Coffin at the Corner says the same thing.

From a plain reading of the statute that remains in place, though, this is little more than a tempest in a teapot. 2 U.S.C. section 441e prohibits foreign principals, including corporations organized under foreign law, from either “directly” or “indirectly” involving themselves in the U.S. electoral process, either through direct contributions to candidates or “independent expenditures” in support of candidates. While the Citizens United ruling said that the ban on corporate independent expenditures was a violation of the First Amendment, it did nothing to touch this prohibition on foreign participation. If a foreign corporation sought to circumvent the direct ban by indirectly, through the use of a U.S. subsidiary, doing what the statute prohibited directly, the statute would consider that an illegal act.
As Brad Smith points out, the FEC regulations expressly prohibit such acts, stipulating that a

foreign national shall not direct, dictate, control, or directly or indirectly participate in the decision making process of any person, such as a corporation, labor organization, political committee, or political organization with regard to such person's Federal or non-Federal election-related activities, such as decisions concerning the making of contributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements in connection with elections for any Federal, State, or local office or decisions concerning the administration of a political committee.

In other words, there is no loophole in play — FEC regulations already contemplate the problem and deal with it. It is only where a U.S. subsidiary makes a decision without any input whatsoever from its foreign parent that such an act might be protected.

Posted by Nathan on 28 Jan 2010 5:09 PM | Permalink

Three years of the fool to go.

Not just yes, but hell yes.

Apparently Øbama does, too; he keeps bringing you up, and follows a lot of your policies.

(Via.)

Posted by Nathan on 28 Jan 2010 3:52 PM | Permalink

One Man's Vote

Monday, 8 February 2010

Filing for later use.

John Murtha, dead senator.

So there I was -- and this is no shit -- in Wheeling, West Virginia...

Øbama can't endorse anyone.

Sunday, 7 February 2010

I can't believe I'm her son.

Too late to apologize

Friday, 5 February 2010

Paging Al Gore (latest in a recent series)

Thursday, 4 February 2010

Can't figure out why I'm so tired.

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Nothing like being in Cleveland in February.

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

Bill Watterson: Still kickin'.

Friday, 29 January 2010

Classic.

Priceless.

Bobbi serves the Star up on a platter

Thursday, 28 January 2010

Loophole, schmoophole.

Three years of the fool to go.

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