Idiot in Chief

Ok, I’m back.

Thought I’d take a break from the political stuff for a while and try to sort out my own life as an unemployed IT consultant and just have fun over at The Hostages.

Then you see something like this… Don’t even get me started on the leftie thugs trying to quash free speech as the democrats call for paid union fixers to stop ordinary citizens from having their say — while calling us “the mob.”

Really.

From the youtube comment thread:

Medicaid Payment Schedule 7/1/2009

27888 AMPUTATION, ANKLE, THROUGH MALLEOLI OF TIBIA AND $592.29

The assertion that surgeons get 30, 40, even 50,000 thousand dollars for a foot amputation is ridiculous. Cardiovassular surgeons performing quadruple bypass surgery don’t even make that much money.

More nonsense from the Big O.

OMG, facts.

There has never been a time in the history of our country that we have been lied to more often and given less opportunity for real Hope and Fucking Transparency –in such a short time.

Where did that last trillion dollars go?

“I will not sign a bill into law that will put our country into debt or increase our national deficit.”

Read my lips.

Oh, he’s not gonna raise taxes on the middle class either.

Right.

h/t Rosetta — he knows who he is. No link needed.

All I’m sayin’.

The Palin Thing Reminds Me of Something.

As we all know Sarah Palin’s yahoo account was “hacked.”

I hope the guy goes to jail.

I hope he pisses and shits himself on live television when he gets sentenced.

I hope that Obama gets called out for the fact that while he doesn’t lend his name to those efforts, he is directly responsible for causing these acts by promotion and incitement, by using tactics identified by the son of a self defined radical.

and the defense of this little punk, not just by other lefty wackjobs(note, talk left is one of the more honest left sites, 4 stories on lipstic, 2 on tanning beds, none on a gross violation of privacy by a pathetic little manboy who’s daddy will pull him out of a felony, NONE) , but by the supposedly sober media, makes me think of how John J. Haley is a Piece of Fucking Shit.

Just thinking about that made me giggle.

He had a Lot to say

The right are the fascists according to the artists.

You told us how you weren’t afraid to die.
Well then, so long.
Don’t cry.
Or feel too down.
Not all martyrs see divinity.
But at least you tried.

Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud.
We’ll miss him.

And they continue.

Standing above the crowd,
He had a voice that was strong and loud and I
Swallowed his facade cuz I’m so
Eager to identify with
Someone above the ground,
Someone who seemed to feel the same,
Someone prepared to lead the way, with
Someone who would die for me.

Will you? Will you now?
Would you die for me?
Don’t you fuckin lie.

I’m a big fan of Tool, and A Perfect Circle.

Do you think that they ever thought that their words of fascistic dominance would ever be used against their own favored party?

I don’t think so, but It IS Obama that they are describing, more than any right winger who they hated.

Delusion is a sad situation, I know.

Stupid moonbat tricks #14337

It just doesn’t get much weirder than this…

A democrat candidate for Congress in Ohio let a body double play candidate for a day in a local parade.

OH-15: Crazy Mary Jo Kilroy Sends Look-Alike to Wave for Her at a Parade

With juicy video goodness:

So, what does the Kilroy campaign do when caught red handed with their dopplerganger out?

Of course, what any good little moonbat would do, blame a volunteer who “has an intellectual disability” and demand an apology for exposing their idiocy.

Also at Doubleplusundead, American Thinker and Ace of Spades HQ.

I love this guy!

Hope he doesn’t mind that I put up almost his entire post:

Most of you already realize that Earth Hour took place last Saturday at 8 pm. The newly-created event designed to raise awareness for energy conservation was not a big hit with KSK’s Monday Morning Punter, and that contributor commemorates the event with a running diary of how he answered the World Wildlife Fund’s call to help the environment.

7:59 – Turned on every light in house, including both TVs, which are both in the living room. The 32-inch and 19-inch sets are tuned to CBS and FOX, respectively. The PlayStation 2, despite not being used, is also turned on, but with no game in the system.

8:02 – Answered the door from disgruntled next-door neighbor complaining about “light pollution” and how I’m not “doing [my] part.” Gives a confused look when I scold him for lack of butane conservation after he lights up a cigarette.

8:06 – Order two large pizzas from Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, and Domino’s. Tell each person taking my order that I will tip generously if the pizza arrives before 9, but insist that if the pies arrive right at 9 or later, I will not pay.

8:09 – Wife calls and tells me she’s running late from work. I remember that I have a wife. I leave the cell phone on the table.

8:12 – Throw one sock in washing machine. Set wash cycle for a full load with hot water. Without soap.

8:17 – Pull out electric guitar and amp from closet and set up on front porch. Attempt to spraypaint PUNTER-PALOOZA in the front yard grass, but realize too late that I’ve made my letters too big.

8:19 – Ignore unattractive woman walking by that asks, “What’s PUNTE?”

8:24 – Papa John’s guy shows up during uninspiring solo performance of “Wild Thing.” I tip half the bill. Before tax, of course. Neighbor shows up (holding a candle) to complain about something after dropping his newspapers in the green bin by his garage, and then storms back into his house when I don’t offer him any pizza. He leaves in such a huff that he forgets his lighter.

8:31 – Go inside to take a shit. Realize I have no toilet paper, either on the roll or under the sink, but I do have a whole can of hairspray. I fumble through the wastebasket hoping to find a partially used tissue that I might have either bled on or blown my nose on, something that still has enough life that it could withstand one good wipe of the ass. I immediately abandon this plan when I realize that I would be, in fact, recycling.

8:36 – Cell phone rings, but I’m stuck on the shitter, so I can’t answer it.

8:40 – Finally suck it up and wipe ass with a picture of Kate Bosworth ripped out of Marie Claire. I mutter something sexual and unclever during the act. Flush toilet several times to make sure paper doesn’t clog the toilet.

8:42 – Fuck, the toilet did clog. Plunger time!

8:46 – Head back out to the front porch to start my second set when I hear a loud crash. I get outside and see that the Pizza Hut delivery driver has rear-ended the Domino’s delivery driver. I realize they’re both okay when I hear the Domino’s driver ask, “What’s PUNTE?”

8:51 – Shitbag neighbor comes back out during performance of “Louie Louie” and threatens to call the police, but gets shouted down by the Domino’s and Pizza Hut drivers, who are enjoying the show while they’re waiting for, ironically enough, the police to show up and take an accident report. But now the neighbor’s not backing down, and the three of them are shouting toe-to-toe.

8:53 – I run back inside to the bathroom and grab the can of hairspray under the sink . I run back outside and pick up the lighter my neighbor left on my porch and run over to his recycling bin, which is full of newspapers. The lighter lights on the first try, and I hold the can of hairspray just behind the flame.

Go read the rest.

Thanks to Eddiebear.

Necessary reading for AMA’s troll du jour

 David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’

How much is too much?

Gabe at Ace of Spades HQ offers this article on fair use:

What Bloggers Should Know About Copyright and Fair Use
—Gabriel Malor

Whether they know it or not, bloggers confront copyright issues every time they publish a post. If they’ve copied and quoted text, the odds are very good that the copied text was someone else’s copyrighted work. The same is true if they’ve displayed a photograph, graphic, or other image that they found on the internet. And, of course, what a blogger writes is generally his or her own copyrighted work with all the protections that status implies.

Those protections include the exclusive rights to copy, distribute, and display the copyrighted work. So where does that leave us if, say, we want to discuss a recent article in the Washington Post or to titter over a photograph of the drunken débutante of the week? The answer is Fair Use. The fair use doctrine provides that some limited use of copyrighted material is permitted even though it is unauthorized.

Fair use isn’t, however, carte blanche to take the copyrighted works of others. And it’s not always easy to tell just how much copying fair use will cover. At the suggestion of Brian Ledbetter, of the recent snapped shot copyright dispute, I have pulled together some guidelines for bloggers on copyright and fair use. One of the reasons I’m so insistent about explaining fair use when it comes up is that many well-meaning people have been led to believe that it protects their activities when it doesn’t. By correcting the more common misunderstandings, I hope we can limit the damage, if you will, among bloggers and blog-readers, and get on with what we like to do.

DISCLAIMER (You knew there had to be one, right?): I am not a lawyer and I’m not qualified to give out legal advice. What follows is an informative guide to keeping out of copyright trouble based on my own experience in this particular area of U.S. law; it is not legal advice. It is not necessarily complete, nor should you rely on it if you find yourself facing accusations of copyright infringement. If you are in that situation, get an IP lawyer. The only way to entirely avoid the problem is to NOT COPY ANYTHING. The rest of us, who just can’t help ourselves, should read on…

Intellectual property is property just like any other. It can have value or be totally worthless. It can be passed from person to person, leased or rented, and bought and sold. Its owners can be individuals or corporations. And it can be stolen. For that reason, the law provides copyright owners with strong and lengthy protection. But because we don’t want to completely wall off recent works from public discussion, the law also provides a limited exception.

1. What works are covered by copyright?
Literary works, musical works, dramatic works, pantomime and choreography, pictorial, graphical, and sculptural works, sound, and architectural works that are recorded in some manner. Most importantly for bloggers, this includes things like news articles and op-eds, photographs provided by the wire services or others, and our own original writing on our blogs.

It does not matter that the only place the work is recorded is the internet. Nor does it matter, generally, whether the author displays the “©” somewhere on, in, or near the work. Nor does it matter that the work is provided for you to view for free. Finally, it does not matter whether or not the author registered the work with the Copyright Office.

The bottom line: if it falls into one of those groups, is original, authored, and recorded in some manner, it can be covered by copyright.

2. What cannot be copyrighted?
Copyright only covers the expression of the author. It cannot cover facts or ideas. So, for example, no one can copyright a news event and prevent you from discussing it. You cannot take another person’s expression of the news event–the words or images he uses to describe it–but you can author your own.

Similarly, no one can copyright an idea, say, the idea of a girl lost in the forest as the basis of a children’s story. You cannot copy word for word another person’s story or even paraphrase his plot–that’s his expression of the idea–but you can write your own children’s story about the same idea.

Also, unoriginal works are not protected. So if I make a photocopy of Steven Spielberg’s next script, I cannot claim to own the copyright in the photocopied version.

The bottom line: No one can ever stop you from writing about the news. You are free to write about factual events and their sequence, including (generally) who said what and when or who did what and when.

3. How do I tell if something is copyrighted?
A good default position is to assume that if you are reading it (in the case of text) or seeing it (in the case of images or audiovisual works) or hearing it (in the case of music) then it is copyrighted. The vast majority of works available to you on the internet are subject to copyright. This goes double for any copyrightable work created in the last seventy-or-so years.

Unless you have good reason to believe that something is not currently protected by copyright, for example, because it has a notice that says “Public Domain” attached or because it is 500 years old, your best option is to assume that it is copyrighted.

I will note again for the sake of thoroughness that it does not matter that something is free for you to view; it can still be copyrighted. It does not matter that a work is easy to copy, like so much on the internet; it can still be copyrighted.

The bottom line for bloggers: Assume that something you find on the internet is copyrighted and act accordingly.

4. What is fair use?
Now we get into the meat of it. The fair use doctrine provides that copyrighted material may be used even without authorization from the copyright holder for purposes including, but not necessarily limited to, “criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research.” This does not, however, let you copy, distribute, or display just anything if you are engaged in one of the listed activities.

Your use must be appropriate or “fair” given the copyright holder’s rights. If you end up, unfortunately, in court over this question, the factfinder (usually a judge) will examine four factors in detail, but we don’t need to think about them right now.

For copyright law, “fair” does not mean what you think is fair. The word has a legal meaning apart from common, every-day usage. Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security and think that just because you are a snarky news blog, you can ignore the copyright protections of legacy media.

5. Okay, so how much use is fair use?
Generally, excerpting portions of copyrighted text is permissible, especially when you are commenting on or criticizing the excerpts. For example, if you are writing about a current event and want to use part of a newspaper article in your discussion, you may quote portions of the text to aid your discussion. Be very careful, however, that you are making news comment and not just running an amateur news service where all you do is reproduce the significant bits of other people’s copyrighted works. That’s not fair use.

When it comes to photos, the problem is that it generally isn’t possible or desirable to copy, distribute, or display just a portion of the photo. In the particular area that concerns us–the internet–some courts have held that use of a photograph is fair if the purpose is to direct the viewer to the original and if it is of vastly reduced resolution. But do not let that fool you. That description also fits what legacy media outfits like CNN and the New York Times do and they pay good money to the wire services for the pleasure.

Bloggers may want to put themselves on stronger footing by reducing the resolution of displayed photos and hotlinking to the copyright holder’s original, but that does not necessarily make their use “fair.” The central issue in cases like this is the purpose of the blogger in displaying the photo. If he is just doing the same thing as the wire service–providing newsworthy images to interested viewers–he will likely still be infringing the copyright.

To get around this problem, the key is that your criticism or comment has to be about the photograph itself and not just the content that it depicts. In essence, you are making the photography part of the news story. You can accompany your criticism of the photography with discussion of the content, but without the former, you are just illustrating your news posts with photos that belong to someone else. Again, that’s what the legacy media does and they have to pay good money to do it.

6. What is not fair use?
You cannot take and republish entire copyrighted articles, even if it is free to view them on the author’s webspace. In fact, you cannot take and republish entire copyrighted articles, even if you paid to view them behind the author’s subscription wall. In short, there is no way to stretch the fair use doctrine to include copying entire textual works that are copyrighted. You’re not Google, don’t try it.

Also, copyright infringement is not cured by attribution. Think about it. I don’t get away with stealing my neighbor’s car just because I say who it really belongs to when I give it away or sell it. You’re confusing copyright infringement with plagiarism.

Finally, copyright infringement can still occur even if you make no money from the use and even if you cause the copyright holder to make more money. As the copyright holder, they have the exclusive right to copy, distribute, and display the work. There is no exception for not-for-profit, pajama-clad web-warriors, nor does the law penalize gigantic corporations who have copyrighted works.

7. How does this affect me in practice?
In reality, things aren’t so restricted. Copyright holders have neither the time nor the interest in pursuing every violation from small-time bloggers and other internet cranks. But that doesn’t mean that you are legally in the clear. It only means that you aren’t enough of a thorn in their side to cause them to call in the lawyers. I think you can probably get away with quite a bit more use than what is “fair.” Don’t think that the forbearance of copyright holders will last forever or will protect you in all circumstances.

Also, the fair use doctrine provides you a defense to accusations of copyright infringement. But having to assert this defense means that you could still end up in front of a judge. That’s a punishment all it’s own and entirely separate from the question of which party is “in the right.” Keep in mind that civil and cooperative engagement with the lawyers when they come knocking can get you a long way and might save you some grief.

Finally, to take a line from Stephen den Beste: Don’t Write Letters. I know that this is a superficial discussion of the subject; the purpose here is to help bloggers make smart decisions about what they put on their blogs, not teach a seminar on copyright law. Also, and most importantly, if you email me a question of the form: “Is [my usage] fair use?” I cannot reply. I’m happy to discuss the factual realities of copyright law, but I cannot and will not make a “ruling” as to your legal situation.

Interesting article.

I’ll try to keep all of that in mind.

The first Grodner award of 2008 goes to… No one

DJDrummond of Wizbang!

***Please see updates below***

I used to like Wizbang!

A lot.

It was one of the first blogs I hung out at and I was one of the first members of the Wizbang! Bomb Squad — a blogging forum created by Kevin Aylward for frequent commenters on his site.

The place became overrun by trolls over the years and trying to follow a comment thread became nearly impossible so I moved on to greener pastures — mainly Ace of Spades HQ where I’ve been a very happy little moron. That was a couple of years ago.

A friend stopped by Wizbang! today and decided to comment on a post that DJDrummond had written. DJDrummond didn’t like what he said and started deleting and editing his comments. It wasn’t as if our friend was trolling, he just happened to not completely agree with statements made by the post’s author.

Doubleplusundead, our “friend”, who we also know at AoS as Sinistar has the details — here.

A couple of us from The Hostages decided to go over and see what was going on. Nice Deb left a “nice” comment asking why the treatment was so harsh for discussing the merits of one conservative presidential candidate over another.

I tried to reply to her comment, agreeing with what she said…oops, too late. Her comment was gone and that was just the beginning.

What the hell?

Instant editing of our comments.

I don’t know what DJDrummond’s problem is on a daily basis, but we were just trying to comment as conservatives on a conservative blog. I hadn’t had a chance to agree or disagree with the post’s author before he started taking my comments apart. That’s chickenshit. And, something that I would not have expected from Wizbang!.

DJDrummond closed down comments to the thread after editing my last comment.

So, they just happened to have a post right next door, The Knucklehead of the Day award.

Perfect. We had our knucklehead and decided to nominate him. Oops….not allowed at that great bastion of free speech thin skinned losers.

Yes, we did move into a new thread so I can understand his point. But, he edited my post as well. And, the previous thread had been shut down after it’s author basically shit all over the commenters.

It’s a shame if that’s what things have come to at Wizbang!

It used to be one of the best blogs going. Jay Tea still writes up a storm and I have the utmost respect for Lorie Byrd and Kevin Aylward, but this is childish crap usually reserved for extremist echo chambers.

I’m pulling Wizbang! from my blogroll and won’t ever go back there. I’m sure they won’t miss me, but I’m hearing more and more from dissatisfied visitors to their blog. It’s kind of sad to see a quality blog lower itself to this level.

Cuffy at Perfunction weighs in.

Update: A big thank you to Jay Tea for his comment — I appreciate it.

Update to the Update: Wow. Thanks Lorie and I feel a bit remiss for not mentioning Kim. When she joined the Wizbang! community, it was a little piece of home. Common ground geographically and her direct and straight forward take on things. One of the reasons I decided to blog.

Good things come from the strangest places.

At this point, I’m glad this happened.

It’s all good as far as I am concerned and I’m very happy to hear from past friends.

Take care, everyone. The title of this post is now changed.

Scumbag of the Year makes the Chicago Tribune

It took a few days, but the story of shitbird extraoardinaire, Jay R. Grodner, caught the attention of the press.

John Kass covered the story today in the Chicago Tribune.

I’m going way beyond fair use, I can’t find any part that I could leave out. Kass talked to more of the people involved than we’ve heard from before — except for the bad actor himself, who remains hidden.

As of this evening, this was the most viewed story on the Chicago Tribune web site.

Jay R. Grodner is officially — infamous.

Marine Sgt. Michael McNulty — now on his way to Iraq for his second tour of duty in the war — took meticulous care of his car.

It is a black two-door BMW, an expensive ride for a young Marine from Chicago, but then, McNulty didn’t exactly join up for the big paycheck and luxury vacations.

The 26-year-old McNulty was a trader at the exchange and enlisted in the Reserves after 9/11. He babied his car so much that he had military vanity plates along with a sticker in his window that let people know that a Marine or a Marine supporter drove that car.

But someone didn’t like the Marine sticker, or the pro-military plates, and decided to stage an anti-war protest, with a key or hard piece of metal, on the shiny black finish of Sgt. McNulty’s car that caused $2,400 in damage.

“It’s a really nice car. It’s in perfect condition. He keeps it meticulous. And he was going to sell it,” said Sgt. McNulty’s friend, Tom Sullivan, a college buddy from Loyola University.

The last time Sgt. McNulty was in Iraq, he worked a .50-caliber machine gun from a Humvee. Now that he’s going back, he really doesn’t need a shiny black BMW that shows dust.

“There wasn’t a scratch on his car,” Sullivan said.

But there is one now.

It is a big scratch, a particularly long scratch in that black paint, a scratch stretching from the rear driver’s side around the back, across the trunk, then up to the passenger’s side.

If you have a car, and parked it on the street, surely you’ve thought about what an angry key could do to it.

According to the Cook County state’s attorney’s office, it wasn’t an accident, but a deliberate key job, not done by some kid or street thug, but by a Chicago lawyer who apparently can’t stand the military.

Private attorney Jay R. Grodner, 55, of Chicago has been charged with a class A misdemeanor — criminal damage to property — punishable by up to one year in jail and up to a $2,500 fine, said Andy Conklin, spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office.

Late Wednesday, I reached Sgt. McNulty, who declined to comment for the paper but confirmed the facts in the police report.

And I wanted to get Grodner’s side of it because he’s been accused but not convicted of anything. So we called all the Grodner numbers we could find — home and business — including those on the police report and others in the suburbs and Chicago. Many were disconnected, and his cell phone voice mail was full.

I’d like to ask him two questions:

Why?

And, are you proud?

“McNulty was just coming to pick me up for breakfast, because he was going to training just before deployment,” Sullivan said of that morning on Dec. 1 in Rogers Park.

There are several one-way streets near Sullivan’s home, but McNulty missed the turn, and rather than drive two or three blocks around, he put the car in reverse and backed up a hundred or so feet. He pulled up in front of his friend’s house, rang the bell and Sullivan came downstairs. McNulty then turned around and saw Grodner’s hands on his black car.

“Mike says, ‘Hey, what are you doing to my car? Open up your hand!’” Sullivan told us. “And [Grodner] goes, ‘[Blank] you! Just because you’re in the military you don’t run the roost!’”

There were allegedly many more epithets and cuss words, some allegedly applied to the United States Marine Corps, to the U.S. armed forces and to Sgt. McNulty himself.

“Quite frankly, you don’t even look like a soldier. You’re a small little [blank],” Grodner said according to Sullivan.

This last bit really bothers William McNulty, who is Sgt. McNulty’s brother, and he called me.

“My brother should be commended for not just smashing that guy’s windpipe right there for all the stuff he said about our military, and the insults,” William McNulty said. “Instead, my brother called the police, as he should have.”

According to the police report I read, other investigative accounts and interviews, Grodner was upset to have been accused of purposely scratching the car. So upset, that he accused his accusers of being anti-Semitic.

The Chicago police officer responding to the call didn’t take the accusation seriously, according to the report, because he couldn’t justify it. And Sgt. McNulty’s brother and Sullivan say it is outrageous and nonsensical.

“The officer wasn’t going to hear this kind of talk. He put the kibosh on the whole thing,” Sullivan said. “So [Grodner] became apologetic.”

According to the police report, “The offender denied scratching the victim’s vehicle, but did admit to rubbing past it.”

Rubbing past it? I guess it all depends on what the definition of “rubbing” is.

That’s where it is now, awaiting another court date, set for Jan. 18, after Sgt. McNulty refused to back off and drop the charges in earlier court appearances.

Lawyers know how to drag things out, with continuance after continuance, stalling until complaining witnesses get tired and move on.

But Marines on their way to war don’t seek continuances.

And all Sgt. McNulty wanted was a little respect, and the chance to sell that car of his, without a scratch.

Wow, Grodner turns out to be an even bigger scumbag than it seemed originally. Pompous, arrogant, obnoxious and now obviously — pretty fucking stupid.

Grodner, if you haven’t figured it out yet, you are completely fucked. You screwed the pooch this time. The best part is — you did it to yourself.

Bluster and hubris are not your friend. This time, you get to bend over and grab your ankles. What is the correct term for a self-inflicted ass pounding?

BOHICA, baby!

I look forward to reporting your sentencing.

Happy Birthday to me!

Wow, I almost missed this. AMA is one year old today. Crazy.

Normally I celebrate milestones in a definitely unique manner — I think I’ll skip the singing crackheads and go with something more appropriate to the season. It was also one of my first posts and my first official linky from AoS.

Annika from Sveden…

100,000 hits visitors Crackheadpalooza!!!

Well, according to sitemeter, that is. 100,000 unique visitors. Boo ya!

Ten thousand a month since this blog’s inception. What is wrong with you people?

Crazy crackhead gangsta shows off his skillz attacking passing cars.

Another crackhead in traffic.

Crackhead pwned by Cops.

Heh, “I didn’t do anything!”

Crackhead tossing competition!

No crackheads were harmed in the creation of that video — right.

And, last but not least, the original.O-mazing Grace. The video that started it all.

100,000 hits visitors since the beginning of the year — thanks everyone.

Please stop back again for more quality posts like this one.

LOL Science

Heh.

Lots more here.

Found via Lee of the Stone.

POOCHIE!!!

[Bumped by mesablue]

UPDATE: Wow, they’re nearly there! $1800.00 so far. Please go help out Kramer if you can.

A friend of ours (sometimes the AOS commenters are like the mob I guess) has a sick dog, a BEAUTIFUL DOG.

About 3 years ago, Kramer, the dog, was sick, and his pack loved him enough to pay for chemo, because thats just what you do, you care for your pack.

Kramer, that lovely and loving creature seen above, fell into a relapse of his previous condition, and his pack leaders can’t realisticly afford the treatments that are needed, because they are pressing.

If you frequent the net, if you love dogs, and you can make a donation, of any size (though If I find a common participant of this blog who only donates $.01 I will be more offended than if you don’t participate at all) I would like you to do so.

Thats a BEAUTIFUL dog, I’ve lost pets myself, I’ve seen pets pass suddenly, and slowly, and one family member, though my brothers dog was only a distant niece, her loss hurt me, they are a part of us. 

If you could, if you would, it would be nice if you did, it doesn’t take many tiny offerings to meet the goal.  It’s not like ITIT contributions. 

I’m not doing this out of ego, though I’m linking what is maybe, but not really, “my” place.

I just love dogs, and I’m sure that BMAC loves Kramer, and they deserve every instant together.

Sorry to BMAC, and thanks to ND for bringing this to my attention.

If I could have done anything to bring any of my childhood pets back?  I would do it, well, most anything.

An AOS Headline if I ever read one.

“Female ‘Ninjas’ Rob Richland Gas Station With Sword, Dagger“

I don’t know if they invoked cthulu, or if the weapons were made of mythril or adamantium, or if the “Dagger” was actually a cryss, and if their get away car was a sand worm.  All of which I find highly unlikely, but I think right now, This is one of the most AOS-worthy headlines of all time.

 I’m just saying.

Good Site, bad research.

At newsbusters, a site that I like a great deal, but I always follow the links, and I try to understand the content, there is some guy who really doesn’t understand G.I. Joe.

 ”that “real American hero,” is going to be replaced with an “Action Man” “

Yes, it looks like “Action Man” will be the primary character, however, Action Man has been a part of G.I. Joe background from day one.

“Paramount is even turning Joe’s name into an acronym adding insult to injury. Instead of just being the main character’s name,”

Yes, the Original G.I. Joe was named Joe, however, other than the initial release there were not any figures named Joe.  In fact, the G.I. Joe we most know,(the Cartoon and action figures from the 80’s) had no characters named Joe in it.  NONE!

“, there is no confirmation that the standard G.I. Joe we all loved as the expression of American heroism will be replaced by the international mercenary man concept.”

G.I. Joe, of the eighties fit this standard easily.  The G.I. Joe action figures, and Cartoons were basicaly of a multi-cultural, yet AMERICAN foundation, while serving the good of all people.

Hell, “The Joe’s” as us fans call them, bombed the FRIGGEN PYRAMIDS during the cobra la movie, and though the Joe’s had a bunch of different accents, and foreign names, it was always “A real American Hero.” It was to SHOW the power of the melting pot, not to isolate it.

“Some rumors claim that the title “G.I. Joe” will even be dropped in the international release to be replaced by “Action Man” (the original name of the Joe series’ British soldier) “

I read that too, but how is calling it “action man” a violation of G.I Joe, when the original name (later changed to “G.I. Joe”) WAS in FACT “Action Man?”

Now, I’m gonna go hunt down links, but as long as the movie stays true to the cartoon (which would suite the left just fine, remember Destro?) which will be easy for both ideaology (multi-culturalism, fighting a nameless and universaly hated entity in “Cobra” while simultaneously maintaining the basic American identiy of freedom, and the protection of freedom) I don’t care.  Though there is one link that said G.I. Joe will be based in some sort of scandi area, which IS NOT JOE.

This writer doesn’t get Joe, clearly never watched the cartoon, and doesn’t care about the history, he just knows it exists.   OH! there are reasons to oppose the film, if some of the rumors are true, but to fashion yourself as a Joe fan, when you clearly don’t know the characters, or the cartoon, then. . . .well, you know?  thats just bad editing, and just as propogandist, AGAINST hollywood, as hollywood is against the US.

Sorry, the basic sentiment is valid, the facts, are WRONG!

Good night guy who looks like a wiccan that won the lottery.

Liberals are uncaring pricks.

Nah, not exactly, but Arthur Miller is a piece of shit, I read a piece over at American Thinker this morning Called “Death of a Phony“, and I didn’t think it was significant, then I ran into at least 3 references, in my boredom, and finaly Insty had a link to another review.

 Apparently this loving and caring liberal, named Miller, who tried to demonstrate how lacking we are in “how we treat the least among us” liberal abandoned his child, ignored that childs existence, and even refused his own son’s membership in the family, requiring a third party in-law (daniel day lewis, odd that the advocate, had the same first name as the one being represented, not to mention, the fact it took a 3rd party to say “dad you are being a total dick) to inform Miller of something I think most everyone on the planet who is . . . well, human knows.   “Thats YOUR FUCKING SON! DICK!” so Arthur included his son in his will near the last minute.

Thats not contrition, that is legacy blackmail and arthur paid it, when he should have tried something revolutionary, like Taking Care of Your Friggen Kid!!

I hope he’s burning in hell.

In addition, what motivated me to write this post was this link from insty, about “all my sons, well, except for this one,”

At the end of the review, which is otherwise quite forthright, the author of the post says this.

(Via The Stranger’s Slog, from whose comments section I also stole this post’s somewhat tasteless title.) –Tom

I don’t know you tom, and I don’t know your politics or ideaologies, but if that title is so tasteless, despite it’s apparent factual foundation, what does that say about you?   Are you in the same denial of ideology that Miller was?

Yeah, welcome to the club.

Took you long enough you idiot.

I don’t know how they do it. But they do, and we should be grateful.

We are Slacking

I know, I’m sorry.

I just don’t have anything, and I’m caught up in a couple of books so by the time I turn away from the book and look at the news the blogs and the silly sites that might have something entertaining on them, I’m already late. 

I’m on my last book in the queue right now, so I might be more prepared in the next day or two, and I don’t know what Mesa’s doing other than studying physiology with a Dr. but I’m sure he will be back soon as well. 

For all of you loyal reader, sorry for the lapse, I don’t even have any irrational incorrect crazy to offer you right now, so I just thought I would point you all to slub for something that is both entertaining, political and kinda confusing.  Greenpeace hating on teddy kennedy.

Will be posting again likely later tomorrow, and if not I haven’t missed an SMC, though I sorta half assed it this week, only cuz I didn’t want two cartoon based posts back to back.

See what that is?  Thats self respect and dignity!  No matter how misplaced it was.

Once again, sorry for the lapse, it will return to normal in the next 48 hours.  

This is why the internet is great

Not because my retarded ass can make these silly semi-sane, and scarcely coherent posts on a blog that celebrates milestones with crackheads, but because other sites are able to make money by having a countdown to the moment when Hayden is available for legal vaginal abuse. Or maybe, for a change in focus of her craft towards HARDCORE PORN!

Update:  It is now Okay to fantacize about hayden while masturbating without feeling guilt.

Got Nothing,

but I just figured I’d put something up while Mesa’s still touring with the rest of his boyband, and he might take some time after to enjoy the success of his new video.