Short fall from the moral high ground....
oops
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Kick Off Your Thursday Shoes
Personal positions aside as a matter of pragmatism I am retracting my call for the resignation of Sen. Fred Astaire.
If it is indeed true as I believe it to be that all politicians are dirtbags then politically speaking I will no longer hold one party to a higher standard than the other.
If Barney Frank can run a gay brothel and Bill Clinton can cop some mouth in the Oval Office, which technically is the most public of all places in the land, and still be allowed retain their office, then fuck it so should Sen. Kevin Bacon
..... and as an interesting tidbit.
Why didn't the sting operation that snared Sen. Gregory Hines include the women's restroom? You think it has anything to do with the fact that they were targeting gay males?
So then....
Profiling works.
Now if only we could get the Dems to support that same exact tactic in Mosques that call for the death to America with as much zeal as they seem to take going after GOP's playing twinkle-toes we can get down to the business of protecting our Country.
If it is indeed true as I believe it to be that all politicians are dirtbags then politically speaking I will no longer hold one party to a higher standard than the other.
If Barney Frank can run a gay brothel and Bill Clinton can cop some mouth in the Oval Office, which technically is the most public of all places in the land, and still be allowed retain their office, then fuck it so should Sen. Kevin Bacon
..... and as an interesting tidbit.
Why didn't the sting operation that snared Sen. Gregory Hines include the women's restroom? You think it has anything to do with the fact that they were targeting gay males?
So then....
Profiling works.
Now if only we could get the Dems to support that same exact tactic in Mosques that call for the death to America with as much zeal as they seem to take going after GOP's playing twinkle-toes we can get down to the business of protecting our Country.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Demagogue Rhino?
“Illegals are responsible for an estimated 1,800 to 2,500 murders each year in the United States... At the lowest estimate, every two years illegals murder almost as many Americans as jihadists in Iraq have killed in the entire war. Instead of bringing the troops home, how about sending the illegals home?”
—Don Feder
Must See
—Don Feder
Must See
Speaking of Demagogues
Rep. John Dingell plans to introduce a bill that would strip away the mortgage deduction for taxpayers who live in homes larger than 3,000 square feet
STUPID
STUPID
Quote
"Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants. "
-- Alexander Hamilton (Federalist No. 1, 27 October 1787)
-- Alexander Hamilton (Federalist No. 1, 27 October 1787)
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The Power Of Donkservation
When I take a taxi to work, as is customary and the law in New York City, I enter the vehicle via the passenger side door. However, in anticipation of my destination I will shift over to the driver's side to expedite the exit procedure.
and yet....
The driver will always ask me left side or right side.
and yet....
The driver will always ask me left side or right side.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Neo-Lib Is To Paleo-Fascist As.....
The liberals’ war against liberalism: What is so scary about free thought?
Frank Miele
Whatever happened to liberals?
One thing I have learned by writing columns on global warming the past two weeks is that liberals are less interested in free expression of ideas than in total compliance with their ideas, less interested in critical thinking than in being critical, and less interested in the truth than in their truth.
It wasn’t always so.
cont'd
Frank Miele
Whatever happened to liberals?
One thing I have learned by writing columns on global warming the past two weeks is that liberals are less interested in free expression of ideas than in total compliance with their ideas, less interested in critical thinking than in being critical, and less interested in the truth than in their truth.
It wasn’t always so.
cont'd
Friday, August 24, 2007
True True..
Yes, this is the same argument we had earlier this week. Yes this is the same argument that Donkey and I have been making for years. Yes i am a super genius (and very handsome)!
Where was I?
Oh yeah, George Bush doesn't care about black people.
Where was I?
Oh yeah, George Bush doesn't care about black people.
It's A Bitch Girl And Its Gone Too Far
By Bill O'Reilly
"There is no doubt that some entertainment critics have glorified rap "artists" like Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Ludacris. Twenty years ago, pro-drug, anti-woman, and pro-violence lyrics would not have been embraced by the mainstream media for fear of public backlash. But today, bring on perversity in the name of diversity. Anything goes."
Hmm Twenty years ago you say? So that would be 1987 right, the same year that Guns ~n~ Roses dropped Appetite For Destruction which went on to sell over twenty five million records. Sounds pretty mainstream to me.
Yeah good point O'Reilly. Feckin' Jackass!
Listen I'm not the biggest fan of rap music but lets not act as if any of this is new. Clapton sang about cocaine, Marley shot the sheriff, Sinatra objectified women with the best of them, that's why the lady is a tramp, and let us not forget the misogynistic masterpiece ManEater by perennial hitmakers Hall and Oates.... whoa oh here she comes.
I wont go so far as to say this call for decency is bigotry cloaked behind good intentions but it sure don't smell right.
Free speech is free speech is free speech and not a matter of convenience only when it suits ones personal tastes. I am almost certain that I would be offended by the music that O'Reilly listens to, doesnt mean I'm calling for a ban on Michael Bolton. Hey why should I change my name, he sucked first.
One man's brown sugar is another man's ho.
"There is no doubt that some entertainment critics have glorified rap "artists" like Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Ludacris. Twenty years ago, pro-drug, anti-woman, and pro-violence lyrics would not have been embraced by the mainstream media for fear of public backlash. But today, bring on perversity in the name of diversity. Anything goes."
Hmm Twenty years ago you say? So that would be 1987 right, the same year that Guns ~n~ Roses dropped Appetite For Destruction which went on to sell over twenty five million records. Sounds pretty mainstream to me.
Yeah good point O'Reilly. Feckin' Jackass!
Listen I'm not the biggest fan of rap music but lets not act as if any of this is new. Clapton sang about cocaine, Marley shot the sheriff, Sinatra objectified women with the best of them, that's why the lady is a tramp, and let us not forget the misogynistic masterpiece ManEater by perennial hitmakers Hall and Oates.... whoa oh here she comes.
I wont go so far as to say this call for decency is bigotry cloaked behind good intentions but it sure don't smell right.
Free speech is free speech is free speech and not a matter of convenience only when it suits ones personal tastes. I am almost certain that I would be offended by the music that O'Reilly listens to, doesnt mean I'm calling for a ban on Michael Bolton. Hey why should I change my name, he sucked first.
One man's brown sugar is another man's ho.
Some Historical Perspective
For members of congress who really shouldn't need it.
The U.S. revolutionary war ended in 1783
The U.S. Constitution finally took effect 4 years later in 1787
The Bill of Rights (first ten ammendments) was completed and ratified 4 years later in 1791
This was all done during peace time. Nobody was trying to kill George Washington anymore, There was no "Green Zone" that Thomas Jefferson had to stay in or else he would in peril. Ben Franklin was chillin in Paris!
In the 2000 election, we had a president but maybe we didn't? We had lawsuits and challenges to the electoral process. We were in limbo for months! The news was bad, the political attacks ruthless, we had a sitting president who had been impeached and we had no clear cut replacement because it was tied up in the courts.
So 217 years after the United States was officially recognized as a sovereign nation our federal government was in complete turmoil.
Senator Warner should realize that this kind of historical change doesn't happen over night.
The U.S. revolutionary war ended in 1783
The U.S. Constitution finally took effect 4 years later in 1787
The Bill of Rights (first ten ammendments) was completed and ratified 4 years later in 1791
This was all done during peace time. Nobody was trying to kill George Washington anymore, There was no "Green Zone" that Thomas Jefferson had to stay in or else he would in peril. Ben Franklin was chillin in Paris!
In the 2000 election, we had a president but maybe we didn't? We had lawsuits and challenges to the electoral process. We were in limbo for months! The news was bad, the political attacks ruthless, we had a sitting president who had been impeached and we had no clear cut replacement because it was tied up in the courts.
So 217 years after the United States was officially recognized as a sovereign nation our federal government was in complete turmoil.
Senator Warner should realize that this kind of historical change doesn't happen over night.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
I don't care if you hate her.
Ann Coulter is FUNNY
The Democratic Party is in the fight of its life against a conservative demographic trend. Its only hope is to gerrymander America to make the poorest half of Mexico a state. Only a massive influx of criminals, wards of the state and rioters can save them.
The Democratic Party is in the fight of its life against a conservative demographic trend. Its only hope is to gerrymander America to make the poorest half of Mexico a state. Only a massive influx of criminals, wards of the state and rioters can save them.
Rainy Day Riddle
This is an oldie, so if you already know the answer dont ruin it.
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The question is: Who owns the fish?
Hints:
The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the left of the white house.
The green homeowner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
The German smokes prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The question is: Who owns the fish?
Hints:
The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the left of the white house.
The green homeowner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blend lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps the horse lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Bluemaster drinks beer.
The German smokes prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.
Coburn The Barbarian
"COBURN ALSO TALKS LIKE -- well, no other politician dares to. When I asked him recently about his reputation as "a renegade," he stormed from his seat and boomed: "Congress is a renegade to the American ideal of limited government. We waste $200 billion a year here, at least." Then he calms down and adds: "Someone has to call Congress on the carpet and shame this institution into doing the right thing for the future generations." He calls earmarks "the gateway drug to overspending." As he explains, "If I have a $3 million project for Oklahoma, I have to vote for the multi-billion dollar [spending] bill to get the pork. You end up voting for bills you would never have voted for. And that's how appropriators buy votes and bloat the budget.""
cont'd
cont'd
Negative Pricks
""Nicolas Sarkozy marks the end of his first 100 days on Thursday as storm clouds gather over his promised reform programme: a global financial crisis threatens already disappointing economic growth at home; job creation has stalled and the country’s constitutional court has curtailed his election winning promise to give tax breaks to homeowners.
Yet opinion polls show the energetic French president is more popular than ever – not just in his own centre-right UMP party but even among supporters of the opposition.""
If it bleeds it leads and if its anti-American it makes the headline and first paragraph. Granted this is a foreign paper, but I beg of you to answer are our own papers any different?
Liberalism feeds off negativity, feeds and thrives but thankfully does not flourish.
Yet opinion polls show the energetic French president is more popular than ever – not just in his own centre-right UMP party but even among supporters of the opposition.""
If it bleeds it leads and if its anti-American it makes the headline and first paragraph. Granted this is a foreign paper, but I beg of you to answer are our own papers any different?
Liberalism feeds off negativity, feeds and thrives but thankfully does not flourish.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Don't Get Chumpatized
For a brief moment this past Saturday I was almost cool again. Breaking my self imposed rule of never venturing south of The Garden I found myself walking side by side with the hipsters, ink shops, and XXX stained spots of West Third as I made my way to the IFC. For all you squares out there in Auroraland, that's the Independent Film Center.... yeah that's right.
Like I said, I was almost cool....
... except for two things. I was wearing my Reagan Revolution tee, and I was going to watch a documentary about competitive Classic Arcade Games.
Not very cool at all.
But I will tell you this, long winded mumbo jumbo about the juxtaposition of a classic protagonist/antagonist storyline with good ol' fashioned Greek tragedy aside, that "The King of Kong" was one of the funniest and all around best movies I have seen in some time. Genuine laugh out loud moments, and that's high praise coming from an ornery jackass such as myself. So I will implore you to walk don't run (don't want anyone to get hurt) to the nearest theater and check this flick out.
If you do in fact take my recommendation and happen to think it sucks, well what did you expect from the former president of his A/V Club whose first "job" was selling counterfeit tokens at Aladdin's Castle Arcade.
...and you have no soul.
Like I said, I was almost cool....
... except for two things. I was wearing my Reagan Revolution tee, and I was going to watch a documentary about competitive Classic Arcade Games.
Not very cool at all.
But I will tell you this, long winded mumbo jumbo about the juxtaposition of a classic protagonist/antagonist storyline with good ol' fashioned Greek tragedy aside, that "The King of Kong" was one of the funniest and all around best movies I have seen in some time. Genuine laugh out loud moments, and that's high praise coming from an ornery jackass such as myself. So I will implore you to walk don't run (don't want anyone to get hurt) to the nearest theater and check this flick out.
If you do in fact take my recommendation and happen to think it sucks, well what did you expect from the former president of his A/V Club whose first "job" was selling counterfeit tokens at Aladdin's Castle Arcade.
...and you have no soul.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
PJB is right on point.
As usual. Of course he'll be called a racist for pointing out stats like this one:
"Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit violent crime against a white person than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery."
Clearly he doesn't care if you call him a racist, and i don't care if you call me a racist so here's the rest of the story.
The Color of Crime by PJB
"Blacks are an estimated 39 times more likely to commit violent crime against a white person than vice versa, and 136 times more likely to commit robbery."
Clearly he doesn't care if you call him a racist, and i don't care if you call me a racist so here's the rest of the story.
The Color of Crime by PJB
Maybe I was Wrong.....
I oft accuse the democrats of hating various special interest groups that make up their constituency, but I am beginning to re-think my position on that... well for one group in particular that is.
Democrats love poor people. Democrats love poor people like tobacco companies love smokers, including yours truly (it’s good to be loved). Even the most black-hearted or black-lunged ~coughcough~ among us, including Big Tobacky would concede that cancer is bad, but there’s money to be made, and lots of it . Therefore it goes without saying that although Phillip and Morris might not want their customers to die of cancer, its just not in their fiscal best interest to do anything substantial about it.
So they throw up a few thirty second television ads, a warning label here a special committee there and the conscience is cleansed. These pipes are clean!!!!!
Same applies to the poverty problem, even us evil conservatives will admit that it sucks. Heck some of us hate it so much we swore we’d never be a poor again. Without question both parties benefit from the poor today, but it is the dems that benefit most from the poor of tomorrow. The colossal bureaucracy in place to deal with poverty is the lifeblood of the dem party, without which many libs themselves would be out of work.
For brevity purpose I'm not even going to go into the how two of the dem party’s largest donors, teachers and unions present the biggest obstacle in overcoming the vicious cycle... but they are.
Which brings me to the son of the mill owner… Johnny Edwards.
He really loves poor people. Loves loves loves. So much so that he is probably responsible for creating more of them than anyone else running for President (besides Duncan Hunter who sent a heckuva lot of VC back to the stone age in Vietnam, but we are talking Americans baby, YEAH!) as a direct result of his ambulance chasing frivolous lawsuits that culminated in massive layoffs by his shakedown victims. John Edwards loves them so much that he offers them a discount on his speaking fees and only charges fifty thousand dollars to talk about poverty. Loves them so much that he’s naming a wing after them in his new mansion that by no small means was paid for by his active and well compensated participation at that Fortress Investment Group which profited from foreclosing on Katrina victims the very same day he was giving a speech in N’Awlins about how George Bush hates black people.
In closing I will use John Edwards own words to demonstrate how out of touch liberals are with the poor.
“Well, you go into a restaurant with your family and you sit down, and everybody—especially when you‘re young—that is the only time I was poor, Chris. And you sit down, and then you start to order something, and your father says, we have to leave, because we can‘t pay for this. And you get up and leave, and it is humiliating. It feels humiliating when you are young. And it is particularly humiliating to see your mother and father have to go through that. So we do not want anybody to be treated without dignity and respect in this country, which is what is part of what motivates me to this cause.”
That's not being poor, that's being stupid.
Democrats love poor people. Democrats love poor people like tobacco companies love smokers, including yours truly (it’s good to be loved). Even the most black-hearted or black-lunged ~coughcough~ among us, including Big Tobacky would concede that cancer is bad, but there’s money to be made, and lots of it . Therefore it goes without saying that although Phillip and Morris might not want their customers to die of cancer, its just not in their fiscal best interest to do anything substantial about it.
So they throw up a few thirty second television ads, a warning label here a special committee there and the conscience is cleansed. These pipes are clean!!!!!
Same applies to the poverty problem, even us evil conservatives will admit that it sucks. Heck some of us hate it so much we swore we’d never be a poor again. Without question both parties benefit from the poor today, but it is the dems that benefit most from the poor of tomorrow. The colossal bureaucracy in place to deal with poverty is the lifeblood of the dem party, without which many libs themselves would be out of work.
For brevity purpose I'm not even going to go into the how two of the dem party’s largest donors, teachers and unions present the biggest obstacle in overcoming the vicious cycle... but they are.
Which brings me to the son of the mill owner… Johnny Edwards.
He really loves poor people. Loves loves loves. So much so that he is probably responsible for creating more of them than anyone else running for President (besides Duncan Hunter who sent a heckuva lot of VC back to the stone age in Vietnam, but we are talking Americans baby, YEAH!) as a direct result of his ambulance chasing frivolous lawsuits that culminated in massive layoffs by his shakedown victims. John Edwards loves them so much that he offers them a discount on his speaking fees and only charges fifty thousand dollars to talk about poverty. Loves them so much that he’s naming a wing after them in his new mansion that by no small means was paid for by his active and well compensated participation at that Fortress Investment Group which profited from foreclosing on Katrina victims the very same day he was giving a speech in N’Awlins about how George Bush hates black people.
In closing I will use John Edwards own words to demonstrate how out of touch liberals are with the poor.
“Well, you go into a restaurant with your family and you sit down, and everybody—especially when you‘re young—that is the only time I was poor, Chris. And you sit down, and then you start to order something, and your father says, we have to leave, because we can‘t pay for this. And you get up and leave, and it is humiliating. It feels humiliating when you are young. And it is particularly humiliating to see your mother and father have to go through that. So we do not want anybody to be treated without dignity and respect in this country, which is what is part of what motivates me to this cause.”
That's not being poor, that's being stupid.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Ballybogey Road
The story you are about to read may seem fantastic and beyond belief, but I will tell you that despite the almost urban mythical type tone I can personally attest to the veracity of the people places and pubs in this story. I didn't read this in an email or hear it from a friend who heard it from a friend who heard it from another you been messing around, but rather one of the most trustworthy people that I know, me Uncle Eamon who was an on-site eyewitness to the following ongoings I am about to describe.
I have taken the liberty to Americanize some of the words and expressions for clarity but besides that this is how it was told to me......
Fergal was on his way to McCourt's Pub one night, a pub famous for being the watering hole of the US Marines during the Deuce, Bill Clinton during his stay in Derry, and of course the legendary local of the Donkeyhue Clan, when not to be unexpected in the northwest of Ireland he suddenly found himself in the midst of a torrential downpour.
Fergal must have made this walk thousands of times in his life, and truth be told could walk it backwards and blindfolded and for certain he had done so blind drunk in the past, but this rain was different. He was being accosted by the elements every which way as a heavy fog rolled in along the hills as well. Not being able to even see the smirk on his face he thought it was best to take a brief respite under one of the giant oaks lining Ballybogey Road until the weather turned or a car passed by that he could hitch a ride.
Luck was with Fergal this night as he didn't even get a chance to light a smoke when a car rolled up upon him. Thanking his stars he jumped on in without thinking twice, as the odds were that in these parts they were either family or friend, but upon drying out his eyes and getting settled he realized it was neither.
See, besides Fegal in the passenger seat.... the car was empty, and before he even had a chance to be afraid it started to move along down the road. Well the fear caught up with Fergal right quick as he was now on the verge of shitting himself with fright at the sight of the upcoming cliff which would no doubt mean his demise, when out of the corner of his eye he saw a pale and ghostly hand appear through the mist to turn the wheel averting him of danger.
This continued for a few miles and the hand would only appear to turn the wheel navigating the car through the twists and turns of Ballybogey but never harming our now pale as the ghastly hand Fergal.... just point at him in a menacing manner before disappearing once again into the fog.
Well luck was once again on yer man Fergal's side as the car came upon McCourt's. Knowing that this might well be his only chance of survival he opened the car door dove out and made a run for it. The state Fergal was in was enough to scare the punters inside nearly as much as Fergal himself as he recounted his story before eventually breaking down into tears.
What scared the patrons most is that Fergal wasn't even drunk.
Suddenly, the door opened, and two strangers walked in from the stormy night. They, like Fergal, were also soaked and out of breath. Looking around, and seeing yer man Fergal sobbing at the bar, one said to the other..."Look Padraig.....there's that feckin' idjit that got in the car while we were pushing it!
True story.
I have taken the liberty to Americanize some of the words and expressions for clarity but besides that this is how it was told to me......
Fergal was on his way to McCourt's Pub one night, a pub famous for being the watering hole of the US Marines during the Deuce, Bill Clinton during his stay in Derry, and of course the legendary local of the Donkeyhue Clan, when not to be unexpected in the northwest of Ireland he suddenly found himself in the midst of a torrential downpour.
Fergal must have made this walk thousands of times in his life, and truth be told could walk it backwards and blindfolded and for certain he had done so blind drunk in the past, but this rain was different. He was being accosted by the elements every which way as a heavy fog rolled in along the hills as well. Not being able to even see the smirk on his face he thought it was best to take a brief respite under one of the giant oaks lining Ballybogey Road until the weather turned or a car passed by that he could hitch a ride.
Luck was with Fergal this night as he didn't even get a chance to light a smoke when a car rolled up upon him. Thanking his stars he jumped on in without thinking twice, as the odds were that in these parts they were either family or friend, but upon drying out his eyes and getting settled he realized it was neither.
See, besides Fegal in the passenger seat.... the car was empty, and before he even had a chance to be afraid it started to move along down the road. Well the fear caught up with Fergal right quick as he was now on the verge of shitting himself with fright at the sight of the upcoming cliff which would no doubt mean his demise, when out of the corner of his eye he saw a pale and ghostly hand appear through the mist to turn the wheel averting him of danger.
This continued for a few miles and the hand would only appear to turn the wheel navigating the car through the twists and turns of Ballybogey but never harming our now pale as the ghastly hand Fergal.... just point at him in a menacing manner before disappearing once again into the fog.
Well luck was once again on yer man Fergal's side as the car came upon McCourt's. Knowing that this might well be his only chance of survival he opened the car door dove out and made a run for it. The state Fergal was in was enough to scare the punters inside nearly as much as Fergal himself as he recounted his story before eventually breaking down into tears.
What scared the patrons most is that Fergal wasn't even drunk.
Suddenly, the door opened, and two strangers walked in from the stormy night. They, like Fergal, were also soaked and out of breath. Looking around, and seeing yer man Fergal sobbing at the bar, one said to the other..."Look Padraig.....there's that feckin' idjit that got in the car while we were pushing it!
True story.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Science? Maybe...
But certainly not exact science.
I would say from reading this story it's more guess work than science and the crazy thing is that 10 years ago NASA would have gotten away with trying to shut down their critics.
The truth shall set you free....... but the "inconvenient truth" is just a big lie.
I would say from reading this story it's more guess work than science and the crazy thing is that 10 years ago NASA would have gotten away with trying to shut down their critics.
The truth shall set you free....... but the "inconvenient truth" is just a big lie.
Taking It Back To The Old School Cuz We Is Old Fools
I recently received an email from an old reader congratulating The Aurora on two years of jackassery. Had no idea, time sure does fly when you're wasting it. As is to be expected we forgot the date and didn't buy anyone flowers or throw a party or anything and truth be told we feel really bad about it.
Seriously baby, We didn't mean to hurt you. So....
We're gonna make it up to you and bring back for a one shot one time only deal... the much loved Original Aurora weekly feature of, yup you guessed it....
Seriously baby, We didn't mean to hurt you. So....
We're gonna make it up to you and bring back for a one shot one time only deal... the much loved Original Aurora weekly feature of, yup you guessed it....
......The Mascot of The Week.
For such a celebratory occasion I took it up a notch but unfortunately with the new stricter decency laws we are prohibited from displaying it on the front page as some may deem it offensive, and others very offensive and downright wrong. So without further fanfare..... Happy B-Day Aurorans!
For such a celebratory occasion I took it up a notch but unfortunately with the new stricter decency laws we are prohibited from displaying it on the front page as some may deem it offensive, and others very offensive and downright wrong. So without further fanfare..... Happy B-Day Aurorans!
Dan Rather is still sticking by his story too!
If conservatives are the ones driven by ideological passions, then why are liberals the ones always falling for laughable hoaxes in support of their anti-war ideological agenda? And if liberal beliefs are true, why do they need all the phony stunts to prove them? How about liberals keep hoaxes out of politics and return them to their rightful place: "proving" Darwinian evolution.
What's the frequency kenneth?
What's the frequency kenneth?
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Chopping Broccoli
Lobbing a softball and playing right into the hands of my co-racist co-workers I will oft have a baked potato for lunch to the background mood music tauntings of...
"Look Donkey's eating a potato..... SHOCKER!"
I usually go with a plain-n-broccoli which admittedly doesnt make any sense at all and considering I don't really like broccoli all that much I'm not entirely sure if I do so to exact revenge on Bush I for raising taxes or that it gives me a bonafide reason to make an ass of myself by publicly singing the Dana Carvey classic in the aforementioned title on the way back to my office.
There's a lady I know
If I didn't know her
She'd be the lady I didn't know
She's chopping broccoli
broccoli.....
broccola-ah-ie!
Partly because I am certifiably insane and partly because I am genuinely a gregarious fellow I engage those with whom I conduct my daily goings in more than the usual mundane small talk. Now today being no exception and with the Irish in me thinking myself quite the potato expert and the American in me feeling as if its my duty to share said expertise I went about offering some friendly business advice to my local tubermonger.
I explained to him that considering this Country's past dealings with the monarchy and that the neighborhood seems to be overwhelmingly female that he should change the name from The Potato King to The Spud Stud and make some outlandish claim about zero carbs or being fat free or what have you.
That decision was not his to make he explained.
Apparently the feudal system is alive and well in the Solanum Tuberosum Kingdom as he informed me that he leases.
"Look Donkey's eating a potato..... SHOCKER!"
I usually go with a plain-n-broccoli which admittedly doesnt make any sense at all and considering I don't really like broccoli all that much I'm not entirely sure if I do so to exact revenge on Bush I for raising taxes or that it gives me a bonafide reason to make an ass of myself by publicly singing the Dana Carvey classic in the aforementioned title on the way back to my office.
There's a lady I know
If I didn't know her
She'd be the lady I didn't know
She's chopping broccoli
broccoli.....
broccola-ah-ie!
Partly because I am certifiably insane and partly because I am genuinely a gregarious fellow I engage those with whom I conduct my daily goings in more than the usual mundane small talk. Now today being no exception and with the Irish in me thinking myself quite the potato expert and the American in me feeling as if its my duty to share said expertise I went about offering some friendly business advice to my local tubermonger.
I explained to him that considering this Country's past dealings with the monarchy and that the neighborhood seems to be overwhelmingly female that he should change the name from The Potato King to The Spud Stud and make some outlandish claim about zero carbs or being fat free or what have you.
That decision was not his to make he explained.
Apparently the feudal system is alive and well in the Solanum Tuberosum Kingdom as he informed me that he leases.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Only The Faces Change
"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane" -- Marcus Aurelius
""D.C. resident John Lockwood was conducting research at the Library of Congress and came across an intriguing Page 2 headline in the Nov. 2, 1922 edition of The Washington Post: "Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt."
The 1922 article, obtained by Inside the Beltway, goes on to mention "great masses of ice have now been replaced by moraines of earth and stones," and "at many points well-known glaciers have entirely disappeared."
"This was one of several such articles I have found at the Library of Congress for the 1920s and 1930s," says Mr. Lockwood. "I had read of the just-released NASA estimates, that four of the 10 hottest years in the U.S. were actually in the 1930s, with 1934 the hottest of all.""
story
""D.C. resident John Lockwood was conducting research at the Library of Congress and came across an intriguing Page 2 headline in the Nov. 2, 1922 edition of The Washington Post: "Arctic Ocean Getting Warm; Seals Vanish and Icebergs Melt."
The 1922 article, obtained by Inside the Beltway, goes on to mention "great masses of ice have now been replaced by moraines of earth and stones," and "at many points well-known glaciers have entirely disappeared."
"This was one of several such articles I have found at the Library of Congress for the 1920s and 1930s," says Mr. Lockwood. "I had read of the just-released NASA estimates, that four of the 10 hottest years in the U.S. were actually in the 1930s, with 1934 the hottest of all.""
story
Oops...
Remember NASA's "Hockey Stick" graph that showed the crazy spike in temperatures? Ummmm.... Yeah that's been proven to be wrong. There was no big press conference and no concerts to announce it, but it disappeared from the global warming propoganda and we don't talk about it anymore. Kind of like Piltdown man.
Well that must have been pretty tough for NASA and algore to deal with, but now we have this;
In the United States, the calendar year 1998 ranked as the hottest of them all – until someone checked the math.
After a Toronto skeptic tipped NASA this month to one flaw in its climate calculations, the U.S. agency ordered a full data review.
Days later, it put out a revised list of all-time hottest years. The Dust Bowl year of 1934 now ranks as hottest ever in the U.S. – not 1998.
No way there could be other mistakes or anything right? I mean one man with his abacus doing the math in his basement just corrected the global warming "experts" not once, but twice! Seems like one of those cases where they either lied, are not really that smart, or more than likely decided what the outcome was going to be before they did the math and then found the numbers they wanted to find to support their conclusions. I'm not even mentioning the financial aspect of this...... oh wait, yes i am. The global warming industry is worth BILLIONS of dollars for NASA and other organizations. So lets do the math together.
Find evidence of man made global warming = Billions of dollars
Find evidence that global warming is bullshit = 0
It's really quite simple when you break it down by the numbers.
Story
Well that must have been pretty tough for NASA and algore to deal with, but now we have this;
In the United States, the calendar year 1998 ranked as the hottest of them all – until someone checked the math.
After a Toronto skeptic tipped NASA this month to one flaw in its climate calculations, the U.S. agency ordered a full data review.
Days later, it put out a revised list of all-time hottest years. The Dust Bowl year of 1934 now ranks as hottest ever in the U.S. – not 1998.
No way there could be other mistakes or anything right? I mean one man with his abacus doing the math in his basement just corrected the global warming "experts" not once, but twice! Seems like one of those cases where they either lied, are not really that smart, or more than likely decided what the outcome was going to be before they did the math and then found the numbers they wanted to find to support their conclusions. I'm not even mentioning the financial aspect of this...... oh wait, yes i am. The global warming industry is worth BILLIONS of dollars for NASA and other organizations. So lets do the math together.
Find evidence of man made global warming = Billions of dollars
Find evidence that global warming is bullshit = 0
It's really quite simple when you break it down by the numbers.
Story
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Took the words out of my mouth.
I was working on a post about how the Democrats need American failure in Iraq, the economy, etc. in order to win the next election. I was going to quote some one of their leaders who infamously stated that improvement in Iraq "would be bad for us (dems)" and i had some other stuff too, but then i saw Dennis Prager's article on TownHall.com. He says the same things except his stuff is well written so i'll just do my normal copy and paste and get back to work.
One of the two major political parties of the United States has linked all its electoral hopes on domestic pathologies, economic downturns and foreign failure.
continued
One of the two major political parties of the United States has linked all its electoral hopes on domestic pathologies, economic downturns and foreign failure.
continued
Monday, August 13, 2007
Parliament Of Drunken Sailors
"Murtha is called "King Corruption" by Republican reformers, but what happened after midnight Aug. 5 is not a party matter. Democrats and Republicans, as always, locked arms supporting every earmark. It makes no difference that at least seven House members are under investigation by the Justice Department. A bipartisan majority insists on sending taxpayers money to companies in their districts without competitive bidding or public review. "
Novak
Novak
Better Learn How To Face It
In yet another masterstroke sure to infuriate the impotent democrat party Karl Rove has announced that he is stepping down on his terms.
The Aurora would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his service to both Country and Party and wish him well in his "retirement".
"You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And poof. Just like that.... he's gone"
The Aurora would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his service to both Country and Party and wish him well in his "retirement".
"You never knew. That was his power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist. And poof. Just like that.... he's gone"
Friday, August 10, 2007
Tonight's The Night
That's right folks dont touch that dial
cuz I am the slime from your radio
Oozin' along on your living room floor
-- FZ
You guessed it,The Donktacular Karaoke Explosion is back in town standing room only and limited engagement. The casa has been repainted, bathroom redone and the fridge light replaced which unfortunately eliminates the always popular mystery hooch parlour game but should cut down on any further Cheez Wiz catastrophes.
First rule of Karaoke Club, you must talk about Karaoke Club...
Second rule of Karaoke Club, if this is your first time.... you must Karaoke.
As always it will be eco-friendly so please keep the paper products to a minimum and in an effort to show solidarity with Munduruku Tribe, water pipes will be provided.
For those unable to attend click below for video footage from last event to see what you're missing.
Donk-Aid
(all funds collected will be to the benefit of my bookie)
cuz I am the slime from your radio
Oozin' along on your living room floor
-- FZ
You guessed it,The Donktacular Karaoke Explosion is back in town standing room only and limited engagement. The casa has been repainted, bathroom redone and the fridge light replaced which unfortunately eliminates the always popular mystery hooch parlour game but should cut down on any further Cheez Wiz catastrophes.
First rule of Karaoke Club, you must talk about Karaoke Club...
Second rule of Karaoke Club, if this is your first time.... you must Karaoke.
As always it will be eco-friendly so please keep the paper products to a minimum and in an effort to show solidarity with Munduruku Tribe, water pipes will be provided.
For those unable to attend click below for video footage from last event to see what you're missing.
Donk-Aid
(all funds collected will be to the benefit of my bookie)
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Dont You Know That You Can Count Me Out
Yet more proof that scientists dont know shit.
Like the old philosopher's joke goes, its turtles all the way down....
Except when it applies to the evolutionary theory of man.
Or as Grandmaster Flash would advise against such linear thought.... and if you get hooked, baby, it's nobody else's fault, so.... DONT DO IT!
Rang dang diggedy dang di dang
story
Like the old philosopher's joke goes, its turtles all the way down....
Except when it applies to the evolutionary theory of man.
Or as Grandmaster Flash would advise against such linear thought.... and if you get hooked, baby, it's nobody else's fault, so.... DONT DO IT!
Rang dang diggedy dang di dang
story
Mr. We Could Use a Man.....
Like Thomas Jefferson Again........
"For example. If the system be established on basis of Income, and his just proportion on that scale has been already drawn from every one, to step into the field of Consumption, and tax special articles in that, as broadcloth or homespun, wine or whiskey, a coach or a wagon, is doubly taxing the same article.For that portion of Income with which these articles are purchased, having already paid its tax as Income, to pay another taz on the thing it purchased, is paying twice for the same thing; it is an aggrievance on the citizens who use these articles in exoneration of those who do not, contrary to the most sacred of the duties of a government, to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens."
-- Thomas Jefferson (letter to Joseph Milligan, 6 April 1816)
"For example. If the system be established on basis of Income, and his just proportion on that scale has been already drawn from every one, to step into the field of Consumption, and tax special articles in that, as broadcloth or homespun, wine or whiskey, a coach or a wagon, is doubly taxing the same article.For that portion of Income with which these articles are purchased, having already paid its tax as Income, to pay another taz on the thing it purchased, is paying twice for the same thing; it is an aggrievance on the citizens who use these articles in exoneration of those who do not, contrary to the most sacred of the duties of a government, to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens."
-- Thomas Jefferson (letter to Joseph Milligan, 6 April 1816)
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Run Pat Run
Subprime Superpower
by Patrick J. Buchanan
There was a time when events like the collapse of that bridge over the Mississippi would have been taken in stride.
Yes, it was a tragedy, a mature nation would have said, but like earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and bolts of lighting hitting folks on picnic grounds, these are "acts of God." Even in a good life and a great country, bad things happen.
But today, there has be someone to blame, someone to be held accountable, someone who could have prevented it, someone whose head must go on a pike. And it is the job of the journalist to give us the guilty. And the modern journalist relishes nothing more than standing before a TV camera passing moral judgment on failed mortals.
cont'd
by Patrick J. Buchanan
There was a time when events like the collapse of that bridge over the Mississippi would have been taken in stride.
Yes, it was a tragedy, a mature nation would have said, but like earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and bolts of lighting hitting folks on picnic grounds, these are "acts of God." Even in a good life and a great country, bad things happen.
But today, there has be someone to blame, someone to be held accountable, someone who could have prevented it, someone whose head must go on a pike. And it is the job of the journalist to give us the guilty. And the modern journalist relishes nothing more than standing before a TV camera passing moral judgment on failed mortals.
cont'd
Monday, August 06, 2007
Greedy Little People In A Sea Of Distress
The Globalists' Plan To Give Away U.S. Patents
Phyllis Schlafly Report
In extraordinary Senate-House coordination, the two Judiciary committees in the same week voted out a bill (S.1145 and H.R.1908) which, if it becomes law, will spell the end of America's world leadership in innovation. Called the Patent Reform Act, it is a direct attack on the unique, successful American patent system created by the U.S. Constitution.
In extraordinary Senate-House coordination, the two Judiciary committees in the same week voted out a bill (S.1145 and H.R.1908) which, if it becomes law, will spell the end of America's world leadership in innovation. Called the Patent Reform Act, it is a direct attack on the unique, successful American patent system created by the U.S. Constitution.
Prior to 1999, the U.S. Patent Office was required to keep secret the contents of a patent application until a patent was granted, and to return the application in secret to the inventor if a patent was not granted. That protected the legal rights of the inventor, who could then go back to the drawing board to perfect his invention and try again.
A mischievous congressional "reform" in 1999 authorized the U.S. Patent Office to shift to the Japanese and European practice of publishing patent applications 18 months after filing whether or not a decision is yet made on granting a patent. Congress allowed a patent application, under certain conditions, to be exempt from the publication requirement, but the default procedure is to publish.
The 2007 Patent bill would delete this exemption and require publication of all patent applications 18 months after filing even though a decision has not yet been made on granting a patent.
By 2006, the U.S. Patent Office had placed 1,271,000 patent applications on the internet, giving access to anyone anywhere in the world. This foolish practice created a gold mine for China to steal U.S. innovations and get to market quickly.
cont'd
Phoney Baloney Has A First Name... It's O-S-C-A-R
"If you think those who have long challenged the mainstream scientific findings about global warming recognize that the game is over, think again. Yes, 19 million people watched the "Live Earth" concerts last month, titans of corporate America are calling for laws mandating greenhouse cuts, "green" magazines fill newsstands, and the film based on Al Gore's best-selling book, "An Inconvenient Truth," won an Oscar. But outside Hollywood, Manhattan and other habitats of the chattering classes, the denial machine is running at full throttle—and continuing to shape both government policy and public opinion." -- August 13 Newsweek
Is that really the argument, then somebody better tell the starving kids in Africa about Live-Aid, and you dont even want to know whats on the newsstands in NYC.
Is that really the argument, then somebody better tell the starving kids in Africa about Live-Aid, and you dont even want to know whats on the newsstands in NYC.
Friday, August 03, 2007
Spot on and Really Funny!
Democrats care about social service bureaucrats who make their living allegedly working on behalf of the poor — the famed "public service" the Democrats always drone on about — jobs that would disappear if we ever eliminated poverty.
That's why Democrats keep coming up with policies designed to create millions and millions more poor people. Democrats fight tooth and nail against any measures that would actually help the poor, such as allowing schools to fire bad teachers. They refuse to allow parents with children in the rotten D.C. public schools to take money out of the public school system so their kids could go to Sidwell Friends like Chelsea.
Most important, Democrats resolutely refuse to tell the poor the secret to not being poor: Keep your knees together until marriage.
Cracking up!
That's why Democrats keep coming up with policies designed to create millions and millions more poor people. Democrats fight tooth and nail against any measures that would actually help the poor, such as allowing schools to fire bad teachers. They refuse to allow parents with children in the rotten D.C. public schools to take money out of the public school system so their kids could go to Sidwell Friends like Chelsea.
Most important, Democrats resolutely refuse to tell the poor the secret to not being poor: Keep your knees together until marriage.
Cracking up!
"Quote"
But if history teaches anything, it teaches that simpleminded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly. It means the betrayal of our past, the squandering of our freedom.
Ronald Reagan
March 8, 1983
Ronald Reagan
March 8, 1983
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
We Are Not A Destroyer of Countries. We Are A Liberator Of Them
I dont go to the movies often, but there was one movie over the past year that I really wanted to see but just never got the chance, ok couldnt get a date, but thats another story. The movie was 300 and shame on me for being a slacker. Good fucking movie.
A friend and co-worker burned me a copy, and mind you this is the same guy that has promised me the NewsRadio box set for about a year now, he watched it last night and made me a copy immediately afterwards. It's that good. He like me would be classified as a conservative, and as I recall Miss C wrote favorably of it as well.
To the movies detractors and apparently there were many this would be an indictment of the war-mongering bloodthirsty "neocons", well that might true and if so the peaceniks should get on their knees and thank us for it.
because...
Nobody wants war. Nobody likes war.
but...
War for a lack of a better word is good. War is right. War works. War clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. War, in all of its forms -- war for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind. And war, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.
Yeah thats right....pussies!
Check out this other review.
A friend and co-worker burned me a copy, and mind you this is the same guy that has promised me the NewsRadio box set for about a year now, he watched it last night and made me a copy immediately afterwards. It's that good. He like me would be classified as a conservative, and as I recall Miss C wrote favorably of it as well.
To the movies detractors and apparently there were many this would be an indictment of the war-mongering bloodthirsty "neocons", well that might true and if so the peaceniks should get on their knees and thank us for it.
because...
Nobody wants war. Nobody likes war.
but...
War for a lack of a better word is good. War is right. War works. War clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. War, in all of its forms -- war for life, for money, for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind. And war, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA.
Yeah thats right....pussies!
Check out this other review.
Same Ol' Dems
"Resolved, that this convention does explicitly declare, as the sense of the American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate convention of the States or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be restored on the basis of the federal Union of the States." -- 1864 Democratic platform
Listen to the Generals or.....
Maybe just listen to the uber-liberal Brookings institute. Either way the "surge" is working.
If victory in Iraq was oversold at the outset, there are now signs that defeat is likewise being oversold today.
One of the earliest signs of this was that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said that he could not wait for General David Petraeus' September report on conditions in Iraq but tried to get an immediate Congressional mandate to pull the troops out.
Having waited for years, why could he not wait until September for the report by the general who is actually on the ground in Iraq every day? Why was it necessary for politicians in Washington to declare the troop surge a failure from 8,000 miles away?
The most obvious answer is that Senator Reid feared that the surge would turn out not to be a failure -- and the Democrats had bet everything, including their chances in the 2008 elections, on an American defeat in Iraq.
Senator Reid had to pre-empt defeat before General Petraeus could report progress. The Majority Leader's failure to get the Senate to do that suggests that not enough others were convinced that declaring failure now was the right political strategy.
An optimist might even hope that some of the Senators thought it was wrong for the country.
Sowell Continued
If victory in Iraq was oversold at the outset, there are now signs that defeat is likewise being oversold today.
One of the earliest signs of this was that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said that he could not wait for General David Petraeus' September report on conditions in Iraq but tried to get an immediate Congressional mandate to pull the troops out.
Having waited for years, why could he not wait until September for the report by the general who is actually on the ground in Iraq every day? Why was it necessary for politicians in Washington to declare the troop surge a failure from 8,000 miles away?
The most obvious answer is that Senator Reid feared that the surge would turn out not to be a failure -- and the Democrats had bet everything, including their chances in the 2008 elections, on an American defeat in Iraq.
Senator Reid had to pre-empt defeat before General Petraeus could report progress. The Majority Leader's failure to get the Senate to do that suggests that not enough others were convinced that declaring failure now was the right political strategy.
An optimist might even hope that some of the Senators thought it was wrong for the country.
Sowell Continued
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