Sunday - September 26, 2004

Something Wicked This Way Comes

This will be short as most of you can see the images on TV anyway.

Hurricane Jeanne is expected to hit Hernando County (where I live) spot-on dead center later this morning/early this afternoon.

Shit’s flying all over the place right now.  I fully expect to lose power soon and if that happens probably will not get it back for several days.  So, Allan, the blog’s all yours if that happens.

Meanwhile I will do a bit of posting until the electricity goes away...............

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 09/26/2004 at 05:34 AM   
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Death Penalty

He’s up for parole again. The man who murdered John Lennon. Beatles fans are outraged. So am I. I figure it may be time to let him leave prison. After all, he should be safe .... just as safe as John Lennon was outside the Dakota Apartments on December 8, 1980.

Mark Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon, could be released from jail next month in a move that has sparked fears of retribution from Beatles fans.

Chapman will have a parole hearing in the week beginning 4 October, officials at the New York State Parole Division said. It will be held behind closed doors. However, one official said they had ‘no idea’ what the outcome of the hearing would be.

But if Chapman is released after 24 years in prison, some Lennon fans have already threatened to take action. News of the parole hearing has spread on the internet and dozens of websites have been filling up with messages from fans around the world, many already promising to take revenge on the man who gunned down Lennon on 8 December 1980 as he arrived at his New York apartment building off Central Park.

‘Chapman should be executed. I would gladly get rid of him myself,’ wrote a fan from Finland on one website. Another fan has already set up an online petition to have Chapman’s parole denied. It is already full of messages that show Chapman’s safety outside jail would be difficult to maintain. ‘If Mark David Chapman is let out of jail, he wouldn’t last a day. There are too many people who want him dead,’ wrote a New York-based female fan.

Trivia: How many of you were watching Monday Night Football on that night when Howard Cosell announced on air and to the entire stadium that Lennon had just been shot? Do you remember which teams were playing? I do.

Posted by The Skipper     on 09/26/2004 at 05:22 AM   
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Quote Of The Day

“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”
-- John Adams (1735 - 1826)

1580 - Sir Francis Drake Circumnavigates The Globe
English seaman Francis Drake returns to Plymouth, England, in the Golden Hind, becoming the first British navigator to sail the earth. On December 13, 1577, Drake set out from England with five ships on a mission to raid Spanish holdings on the Pacific coast of the New World. After crossing the Atlantic, Drake abandoned two of his ships in South America and then sailed into the Straits of Magellan with the remaining three. A series of devastating storms besieged his expedition in the treacherous straits, wrecking one ship and forcing another to return to England. Only the Golden Hind reached the Pacific Ocean, but Drake continued undaunted up the western coast of South America, raiding Spanish settlements and capturing a rich Spanish treasure ship. Drake then continued up the western coast of North America, searching for a possible northeast passage back to the Atlantic. Reaching as far north as present-day Washington before turning back, Drake paused near San Francisco Bay in June 1579 to repair his ship and prepare for a journey across the Pacific. Calling the land “Nova Albion,” Drake claimed the territory for Queen Elizabeth I. In July, the expedition set off across the Pacific, visiting several islands before rounding Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and returning to the Atlantic Ocean. On September 26, 1580, the Golden Hind returned to Plymouth, England, bearing its rich captured treasure and valuable information about the world’s great oceans. In 1581, Queen Elizabeth I knighted Drake during a visit to his ship. The most renowned of the Elizabethan seamen, he later played a crucial role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

1789 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first Secretary of State.

1820 - Frontiersman, Daniel Boone, died in Missouri.

1914 - The Federal Trade Commission was established.

1950 - United Nations troops recaptured Seoul, the capital of South Korea, from the North Koreans.

1960 - Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy took part in the first televised presidential debate.

1986 - William H. Rehnquist was sworn as the 16th chief justice of the Supreme Court.

John Chapman, (1774–1845), American pioneer (Johnny Appleseed)
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, (1849–1936), Russian physiologist and experimental psychologist (dog trainer)
George Gershwin, (1898–1937), American composer ("Rhapsody In Blue")
Olivia Newton-John, (1948- ), Australian singer, actress

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   Saturday - September 25, 2004

Secret Encoded Message To Vilmar From Allan

WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE? EVERY DAMNED ONE OF THESE BASTARDS HAS BEEN AIMED AT EITHER YOU OR ME! I SUSPECT A VAST-LEFT-WING-CONSPIRACY! WTF, OVER?

Get the latest info from One Legged Old Fatman.

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Barking Moonbat Of The Week Award

I strongly considered awarding Bill Burkett this week’s trophy for Magnificent Moonbattism for hoodwinking Dan Blather and See-BS News with the forged documents of “MemoGate” (or “RatherGate” as some have dubbed it). But then I got to thinking after seeing the interview Dan Rather did wth Burkett in which Burkett admitted lying to Rather about the source of the documents. He now claims the documents were given to him by a mysterious Houston woman named “Lucy Ramirez”. I have therefore concluded that Burkett is probably a patsy in this and several other bloggers agree .... Bill at InDC Journal, Insight On The News, A Small Victory, and Protein Wisdom.

With that in mind we sent Batty on a secret mission behind enema lines to ferret out the mysterious Ms. Ramirez. Batty’s nose for Moonbats was right on target and he came back with this photo of cross-dressing Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe. Far be it from me to argue with Batty because he has always been right on the money when it comes to Moonbattery. Therefore this week’s award goes to “Lucy Ramirez”. That’s a fetching red dress, ain’t it? I understand it was a gift from Hillary.

Posted by The Skipper     on 09/25/2004 at 10:45 AM   
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Tales Told By Idiots

When I first saw the lead-in to this story I knew it was going to be good.  And I was right--as usual! 

Tell me if this does not encapsulate in a few words what the Kerry campaign is all about:

“A tale told by an idiot; full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Thank you, thank you, William Shakespeare!!!!!

Phil Brennan goes on to detail some of the “sound and fury” behind Fuckface’s campaign like the dissension within the ranks regarding what they should be doing:

The idiot’s tale has been observed up close by none other than long-time Democrat pro Tony Coehlo, who ran Al Gore’s campaign early in the 2000 presidential race.  “There is nobody in charge and you have these two teams that are generally not talking to each other,”

He then gets into the Kerry campaign’s attempt to deflect the torpedoes unleashed at their candidate by the SBVFT ads by insisting President Bush got preferential treatment in the Guard.

From there he segues right into the CBS mess and how disingenuous Mary Mapes and C-B.S. were in their coverage of not only Blather-gate but the Abu Ghraib prisoner harassment.  Mary Mapes said she spent MONTHS and MONTHS trying to find those pictures.  She talks of how difficult it was and how much of it was from “whispered” accounts.  Yet back in January when Mapes was supposedly chasing down whispers, CNN AND the military admitted there were pictures--and they didn’t whisper this, it was announced to the world.  Damn, sure is a LOUD whisper.

But then again, what can you expect from a deceitful bitch who admits spending 5 years tracking down President Bush’s National Guard non-story?  And C-B.S. still says it is not biased?  Yeah, right!

But most damning of all is what the author of this piece quotes from Mapes’ own father:

“I’m really ashamed of what my daughter has become. She’s a typical liberal. She went into journalism with an ax to grind, and that was to promote radical feminism.”

I’m sorry as a father that my daughter was the producer of it.

His daughter, he suggested, is intellectually dishonest

If my father said that about me I’d be devastated. They’d be like arrows to the heart. The wounds would bleed heavily inside. But we must remember we’re dealing with a Dummycrap.  Mary Mapes will wear those comments like a badge of honor.  Or maybe....journalistic purple hearts?

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 09/25/2004 at 06:51 AM   
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GET POLITICALLY ACTIVE!!!!

If you are like me you can’t stand the thought of Fuckface getting elected in November.

SO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!

What can you do?  Simple.

Go to George W. Bush’s web site.

Take a few minutes to look around, see what is there.

Then click here where you can sign up to be a volunteer.  Once you’re done filling in the boxes, click the “SUBMIT” button where you’ll be taken to a page with a couple of links.  Click one of them (they are identical) and you’ll be taken to another page that allows you to choose from a wide variety of things you can do (writing letters, getting people registered, calling talk-radio shows, voting early, set up parties for the President, etc.)

Another one of the things you can do (and it’s near the top of the right hand side margin) is called “Turn Out Voters In 72 Hours”.  This is the one that allows you to volunteer to work at the local level.  You can choose to work phone banks or go door-to-door.  I can’t put a link here as each one is different based on your state.  So click it and volunteer!!!

Your information will then be passed on to your county’s local Republican headquarters who, I assume if all works as it should, will get in touch with you.

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 09/25/2004 at 06:34 AM   
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With A Title Like This…….

I found reference to this link on Kim du Toit’s site.  Go on.  Visit.  Give this lady some hits to her blog.

The title of her post?  Sweaty Southern Sex Kittens

Better yet, the title of her blog?  Seven Inches of Sense.

You gotta love it.  Go visit.

And tell her BMEWS (and Kim du Toit) sent you!

Oh..and before you guys get any ideas---she’s spoken for. 

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 09/25/2004 at 05:38 AM   
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Star Wars--A template For The 2004 Election?

This piece by James Taranto and crowd at WSJ was too good to just provide you a link so here it is in its emtirety.

The subject?  What if John Kerry were C-3PO (Threepio)?  Would Bush be the Wookie?  Or should he be R2-D2?  Maybe Hans Solo?

This is a hoot!

A blogger called “bkm” has come forth with one of the most inventive insights of the 2004 campaign: John Kerry may actually be C-3PO, the neurotic, English-sounding metallic droid, who by the way served in the Clone Wars. We weren’t about to take the word of some jammie-clad no-name, so we went out and bought the “Star Wars” DVD box set, released just this week (Karl Rove must’ve had something to do with the timing), watched the first movie, which is now called “Star Wars IV” for obscure reasons, and jotted down a bunch of Threepio quotes:

“We’ll be destroyed for sure! This is madness! We’re doomed.”

“Hey! You’re not permitted in there! You’ll be deactivated for sure! Don’t you call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease!”

“Secret mission? What plans? What are you talking about? I’m not getting in there! I’m going to regret this.”

“How did we get into this mess? I really don’t know how. We seem to be made to suffer. It’s our lot in life.”

“Where do you think you’re going? Well, I’m not going that way. It’s much too rocky. This way is much easier.”

“What mission? What are you talking about? I’ve just about had enough of you! Go that way! You’ll be malfunctioning within a day, you nearsighted scrap pile! And don’t let me catch you following me, begging for help, because you won’t get it!”

“No more adventures! I’m not going that way.”

“That malfunctioning little twerp! This is all his fault! He tricked me into going this way, but he’ll do no better.”

“Protocol? Why, it’s my primary function, sir. I am well versed in all the customs.”

“No, I don’t think he likes you at all. No, I don’t like you either.”

“It wasn’t my fault, sir! Please don’t deactivate me! I told him not to go, but he’s faulty, malfunctioning. Kept babbling on about his mission.”

“I suggest a new strategy, R2: Let the wookie win.”

“Help! I think I’m melting! This is all your fault!”

The resemblance to Kerry’s foreign policy is uncanny. C-3PO also has a lot of awkward arm movements, just like Kerry when giving a speech. On the other hand, Threepio has a certain lack of self-regard that is quite unlike the narcissistic Kerry. At one point, he tells Luke Skywalker: “I’m only a droid, and not very knowledgeable about such things. Not on this planet anyway. As a matter of fact, I’m not even sure which planet I am on.” Apart from the confusion about what planet he’s on, this is a decidedly un-Kerrylike comment. You can’t imagine this droid ever demanding: “Do you know who I am?”

If Kerry is C-3PO, which “Star Wars” character most closely resembles President Bush? The obvious candidate is Han Solo, whose cocksure attitude is reminiscent of the president’s. “Bring ‘em on,” he actually says at one point, and at another, Princess Leia mocks him as a “flyboy.”

On the other hand, some readers of the “bkm” blog see a resemblance to C-3PO’s counterpart, R2-D2. As one explains anonymously: “He’s not real articulate, and he doesn’t say much, but he’s resolute, calm in a crisis, and usually solves the problem while other people are arguing about it.” Another reader, Nicole Griffin, offers this suggestion:

Perhaps the Kerry as Threepio and Bush as R2D2 thing would work well in the debates. Just picture it: Kerry can blather on and on in his Threepio fashion and Bush can just beep in response--it’s not like anything Kerry will say will warrant a real response anyway. The level of discourse might actually be raised by such a tactic!

The thought of Bush beeping calls to mind another analogy from 20th-century popular culture: the Road Runner. One can imagine Wile E. Coyote opening an “Acme Purple Heart Kit” and having it blow up in his face.

Oh, and probably the best line comes from the blogger’s site itself:

The scene:  MILLENNIUM FALCON—COCKPIT

THREEPIO : Captain Solo, this time you have gone too far. (Chewie
growls) No, I will not be quiet, Chewbacca. Why doesn’t anyone listen
to me?

HAN : (to Chewie) The fleet is beginning to break up. Go back and stand
by the manual release for the landing claw.

( Chewie barks, struggles from his seat, and climbs out of the cabin.)

THREEPIO: I really don’t see how thats going to help. Surrender is a
perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances. The Empire
may be gracious enough…

( Leia reaches over and shuts off Threepio, mid-sentence.)

HAN: Thank you.

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 09/25/2004 at 05:33 AM   
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They Don’t Make ‘Em Like This Any More

You know, before Hollywood became a Liberal Activist Looney Bin, movies were fun to watch. There were the good guys and the bad guys and the good guys always won. Honesty and toughness were desirable character traits. Real heros swept across the movie screens. Men were real men and women were good-looking dames. I miss those days .... and actors like Bogart ....

Memorable Lines From “The Maltese Falcon” ....

Sam Spade : I don’t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.
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Sam Spade : People lose teeth talking like that. If you want to hang around, you’ll be polite.
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Sam Spade : My guess might be excellent or it might be crummy, but Mrs. Spade didn’t raise any children dippy enough to make guesses in front of a district attorney, and an assistant district attorney, and a stenographer.
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Joel Cairo : You always have a very smooth explanation…
Sam Spade : What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
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Sam Spade : When you’re slapped, you’ll take it and like it.
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Sam Spade : I hope they don’t hang you, precious, by that sweet neck. Yes, angel, I’m gonna send you over. The chances are you’ll get off with life. That means if you’re a good girl, you’ll be out in 20 years. I’ll be waiting for you. If they hang you, I’ll always remember you.
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And finally, this is how Sam Spade would have handled “RatherGate” ....

Brigid O’Shaughnessy : Help me.
Sam Spade : You won’t need much of anybody’s help. You’re good. Chiefly your eyes, I think, and that throb you get in your voice when you say things like ‘Be generous, Mr. Spade.’
Brigid O’Shaughnessy : I deserve that. But the lie was in the way I said it, not at all in what I said. It’s my own fault if you can’t believe me now.
Sam Spade : Ah, now you are dangerous.

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Quote Of The Day

“A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.”
-- Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)

1789 - The Bill Of Rights Passes Congress
The first Congress of the United States approves 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and sends them to the states for ratification. The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to fair legal procedure and to bear arms; and that powers not delegated to the federal government were reserved for the states and the people. Influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689, the Bill of Rights was also drawn from Virginia’s Declaration of Rights, drafted by George Mason in 1776. Mason, a native Virginian, was a lifelong champion of individual liberties, and in 1787 he attended the Constitutional Convention and criticized the final document for lacking constitutional protection of basic political rights. In the ratification process that followed, Mason and other critics agreed to approve the Constitution in exchange for the assurance that amendments would immediately be adopted. In December 1791, Virginia became the 10th of 14 states to approve 10 of the 12 amendments, thus giving the Bill of Rights the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it legal. Of the two amendments not ratified, the first concerned the population system of representation, while the second prohibited laws varying the payment of congressional members from taking effect until an election intervened. The first of these two amendments was never ratified, while the second was finally ratified more than 200 years later, in 1992.

1890 - Wilford Woodruff, president of the Mormon church, renounced the practice of polygamy. This paved the way for Utah’s acceptance as a state in 1896.

1957 - Nine black children were escorted to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under heavily armed guard, because of racial violence.

1981 - Sandra Day O’Connor was sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.

William Faulkner, (1897–1962), American novelist
Barbara Walters, (1931- ), Television reporter and anchor
Michael Douglas, (1944- ), Actor, director, producer

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Old Farmer’s Almanac

An old Alabama farmer had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back, fixed up nice, with picnic tables, horseshoe courts and some apple trees. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming.

One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, to look things over as he hadn’t been there for a while. He grabbed a 5 gallon bucket to bring back some fruit from the trees. As he neared the pond he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee.

As he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny dipping in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end of the pond. One of the women shouted “We’re not getting out until you leave!”

The old man frowned and said, “I didn’t come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked.” Holding up the bucket he said ....

“I’m here to feed the alligator.”

Posted by The Skipper     on 09/25/2004 at 12:20 AM   
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May The Force Be With You

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   Friday - September 24, 2004

It’s Been A Long Week

Yeah, I’m back from the hurricane-ravaged areas of South Alabama. Finally. For the record, I have several hundred members of my extended family in LA (Lower Alabama) and the Florida Panhandle. Several of them are staying with me this weekend just to get a hot bath and hot food. I’ve got bruises all over my arms and legs from wrestling tree limbs off of roads (and houses). I’m exhausted but I feel good. Helping family and friends is its own reward. It’s too bad Liberals and Democraps don’t feel like doing these kinds of good deeds. They’d rather pass the responsibility off to the government and tax you and me to pay for it. If you REALLY want to understand the difference between Liberals and Conservatives, there you have it. Liberals tend to be self-centered, unreliable, slackers who think government is the answer to everything. In the world I live in, government is the last place we look for when we need help. We rely on each other and our families and friends first. After all, that is what made this country great in the first place wasn’t it?

What are my relatives biggest concern right now? How will Alabama do against Arkansas tomorrow after the Tide lost Brodie Croyle, Bama’s starting quarterback last weekend to a season-ending injury. You gotta love these folks.

Posted by The Skipper     on 09/24/2004 at 06:05 PM   
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