When driving my iMac, I keep a virtual weather radar widget on my desktop. Yesterday, about dusk, I saw a deep red band heading right for me. We got slammed...it was blowing the squirrels out of the trees. It didn't last too long, but it was intense. My Woman and Stretch did the "Pogo". I thought we were under attack. I'm talking loud...and I'm talking power.

Have a look at this and this

Snapped that damn tree like it was Balsa wood.

Today is a beautiful day.

My woman just said to me, "I'm not telling you what to do, or how to do it...I'm telling you how to do it, and what to do...remember that."

What a way to start the day...Monday morning.

You know what pisses me off? I'll tell you.

I live across the street from the 2nd fairway (par 4) of the la dee dah country club around here. They start mowing the damn grass at 7:00am every day. I have no problem with that, except on SAT and SUN. Give me a break...some people like to "sleep in" on weekends.

I have a pretty decent scope, and I've put 'em in the cross-hairs. I wouldn't shoot the mowee, but I just might take out the engines on those damn mowers that are as loud as a pissed off T-Rex...but, before I do that, I'm going to politely ask them to mow the back nine first...on weekends.

If that doesn't work, I'm going to organize the neighborhood...get some tips from a Chicago thug living in Washington, and make 'em an offer. If that doesn't work...well...I can be creative.

I kid you not...I have a mission.

Ripped from a friend.

I have always had a great deal of respect and admiration for Benjamin Netanyahu. I still do. I believe him to be correct. I will give him the shirt off my back.

You've got to read this.

The fact of the matter is: Israel has no choice...they will have to do what they have to do. I support 'em 100%.

This is going to get worse before it gets better, and if you don't realize that...you're sniffing glue.

If you believe Obama is your savior, you're smoking crack.

Obama and his Mob do not have your best interests at heart.

Believe that...it is the truth.

Obama is some bad Juju.

I swear to the Maker!!!!

I'm pleased to announce, that A Trip of Goats has arrived, intact, to the Afghanistan/Pakistan border... these guys don't use clips, they use drums, if you know what I mean, you'll understand, period. Outsourced cold-high-altitude reviews will follow.

I always do, what I have to do,,,know what I mean?

Gotta keep everything in perspective. They will use it up, and, in the end, it will be used for some back-end work. They did the same shit to Faulkner, and others.

They have to do what they do, and I do what I can.

So be it.

This is so wrong.

Ficken Sie Obama, und Ihr Mob.

We're coming to a fork in the road, and if the American people take a left instead of a right...we're in bigger trouble than you can imagine. I agree...we need some CHANGE.

"Blaming a gun for killing somebody is like blaming a pencil for bad spelling"

--Larry the Cable Guy, NRA Member

Ease on over here and read the post and all the comments.

We have so many current domestic issues (fronts), we really need to think about which ones can be reversed after Obama is history. People need to get involved...keep the pressure on, but lurking on the outside looking in, are some other issues which we need to pay close attention to. If we are not "secure" Internationally, our National policies won't matter.

IRAN:

I believe, allowing Iran to obtain nuclear weapons is one of the most dangerous and urgent issues facing the world. Islamofascist Iran will use them, and once they do, everything will change...for the worse. The fact is: Iran has been "buying time" with regards to the development of their nuclear program. The United Nations is a joke, and Ahmadinejad knows this. Economic sanctions and political pressure will not work. Iran lies, period. They support, train,sponsor and fund terrorists who are committed to the destruction of the West...Hezbollah and Hamas for example.

A nuclear-armed Iran will destabilize an already dangerous region and pose a direct threat to our national security. If Iran is allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, it will start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, which is the most volatile region on the planet. We do not need that. Ahmadinejad and his religious fanatic Mullahs are crazy. They have denied the Holocaust...they believe Israel should be wiped off the map...they stole the Iranian national election...they put down dissent with bullets and torture.

Sad, but most people don't know, or don't care, what is really happening in their front or back yards.

Ahmadinejad has got to go.

CHINA:

China is patient. Know that. They're buying our debt...our Treasury. Do you know what will happen when they stop buying? Think about it. What will happen when they turn off the cash?

We need to get in the game while we still can, or we're fucked.

I'm just sayin'

Heading to Put-In-Bay for a while. It's in Lake Erie, on South Bass Island, if your curious.

Long drive, but by the time I drive to the airport, get on a plane, fly, rent a car, drive to the lake...it would be the same amount of time.

So, I'm gonna throw this in the CD, and head uphill. 35 CD's...probably won't get it done. About 20 hours round trip, but I'll put a dent in it.

Y'all be cool with it...be back later.

I don't give a shit...

...this made me smile

Why Does This Not Surprise Me ?

The fact of the matter is: Obama preaches dependence on the government.

Another fact: We are in a political fight to the death. Anyone who doesn't realize this is either stupid or smoking crack. People, it's game time. DO NOT LET UP...keep the pressure on. We do not want to take this mess into overtime. We really don't.

On Friday the White House claimed they had no idea the rally was even planned. A ridiculous assertion that shows how dismissive the Obama administration and the Democrat-led Congress are of those who oppose their agenda. It is impossible to believe that President Obama knew nothing of the event. The denial is a perfect example of why the President is losing the trust of many Americans. He stretches his credibility to its limits, and beyond.

--James Simpson

I'm just saying...it's time to slow dance.

I'm probably a little short, or long. Doesn't really matter...don't take it personally...close enough for government work.

I understand that we are paying 60 grand...one way...for Pelosi to fly from DC to California, on her private jet. She does this every week...twice...she only works three days a week...120 grand a week, round trip.. That is over 6.2 fucking million dollars a year (most of it in gas). We're paying for it! We. are. paying. for. it. Talk about hypocrisy.

She needs a little Shotgun put on her left coast fat ass.

I'm just saying

Hey man, send me your email address.

My friend Joanie asks, What Bit You ? Good question. Too long for her comments, but she got me thinking.

When I was about 8 years of age, I wrecked my bicycle into a beehive. Got about 30 stings.

A year later, (this is an almost) me and my buddy were damming a creek in the Tennessee woods. We saw a cottonmouth ( water moccasin, and they are aggressive) swimming directly at us. We broke for the bank...too late. It had four choices...his two legs, or my two legs...it chose his left calf, and he was on my right. Have you ever seen anyone bitten by a snake? Not a pleasant thing. His father did the pocket knife x-cut on both the fang marks, and started sucking blood out. It worked, he's still alive, but he spent about a week in the hospital. It was a close call. After that, when out and about in the woods, I always try to keep a shotgun with me. My first was gifted to me by my Grandfather. It wouldn't have done us any good in the creek, but still...it's better to have one and not need it, than to need one and not have it.

Another almost: I was hiking in he Pacific Northwest with some friends when we jumped off a natural Beaver dam. We were about a mile from "the truck" and had no gun. Momma Grizzly Bear with two cubs, about 30 yards away, was pissed...she stood up and roared like you wouldn't believe . We broke...I did a mile through the bush in record time. I would've made a Nigerian proud. I learned then and there, that I'm much more comfortable armed when there is a slight chance you might run into something that is 10 times your size.

Another almost: I was in an old Air Force (F-4 I think) survival raft about 400 yards off the coast of St. Augustine Florida when a 10 foot shark started paying attention to us. It was longer than the raft and came within about 5 feet of us several times. My ass was tight. The swells...now you see it, now you don't. We stopped paddling and got on the rails...drifted in and crashed onto the jetty, and I damn near broke my leg. It was a BIG fish.

Another almost. Climbing out of the Grand Canyon in August one year, I pulled myself over a rock at the top of a switchback, and came face to face with about 30 rattlesnakes. I pushed back and fell / rolled about 50 feet down and busted my ass for certain. I still had 5 miles to the top rim. Long day.

The worst: St. Augustine again. I received a phone call early one morning from my buddy who was in jail...minor infraction...but still needed to be bailed out. I told him I didn't remember where my car was...it was one of those nights...he said, take mine, you know where the keys are. No problem, got his keys and threw my boots into the back seat. Arrived at the county jail, which was surrounded by a tall razor wire fence...got out of the car and put my boots on and laced 'em up...hit the buzzer for access...and double wham. A scorpion tapped me twice on the bottom of my foot. It was in my boot. I was hopping around on one leg trying to get my damn boot off...the cops were laughing, and I was in pain. I got my boot off, poured the (big ass) scorpion out, and smashed it flat. The law finally understood what had happened and took me to the hospital. I'm not normally allergic to stings, but this was different...I started feeling queasy / dizzy almost immediately. I received some injections and slept for 2 days. Seriously, I thought I was going to die.

More later...

I've posted pictures in the past of my little buddy Stretch doing the rocket (he can still do it...no problem). Well, here he is doing the Airplane...right before rotation.

After MAJOR surgery a year ago, he is the same as before. Stubborn and Fearless.

I should put him into politics.

I'm going to do this...I kid you not.

...it is said the llama agrees with your club choice by stomping on the ground...

This will be interesting.

...since my partner Stretch had a Inter Vertebral Disk problem (pinched nerve, in this case) that occurs when the disks along the spinal column, which act like shock absorbers, become inflamed or are traumatized. It puts pressure on the nerves exiting the spinal cord, and in his case...his back legs weren't working at all...but he thought everything was fine. He was in no pain. I had two choices...pay a bunch of money or put him down. I chose option one.

This was the result of Option One

He's doing fine...amazing what neurosurgery on his spinal column did. He can still piss with the big dogs, and is still fearless. He acts like nothing happened.

Amazing!!!

We are a Constitutional Republic........not a Democracy

A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF REPRESENTATION WE HAVE IN CONGRESS, TRUE STORY:

I don't know if it's true, but it wouldn't surprise me.

A noted psychiatrist was a guest speaker at an academic function where Nancy Pelosi happened to appear. Ms Pelosi took the opportunity to schmooze the good doctor a bit and asked him a question with which he was most at ease.

'Would you mind telling me, Doctor, she asked, "how you detect a mental deficiency in somebody who appears completely normal?"

Pelosi thought a moment, and then said with a nervous laugh, "You wouldn't happen to have another example would you? I must confess I don't know much about history."

Y'all head over to Velociman's crib and throw some good Juju on my good friend KeyBaby. She is responsible for hooking me up with many people, from Acidman to Zonker.

Here's a couple of Fall 09 college courses I think everyone should take.

Philosophy of Star Trek

At Georgetown University, you can learn philosophy through the lens of Star Trek for $4,827.

"Star Trek is very philosophical," the course description reads. "What better way, then, to learn philosophy, than to watch Star Trek, read philosophy, and hash it all out in class? That's the plan."

A couple of the questions to be considered are:

I. Is time travel possible? Could we go back and kill our grandmothers? What is the nature of time?
II. Could reality be radically different from what "we" (I?) think? Could we be brains in vats?"

Source: AP/Paramount Television

Hashed out is correct! For almost five grand, do I get to ride in a space ship while I philosophize.

Tree Climbing

At Cornell University, you can fulfill your physical education requirement by taking tree climbing for $700.

"Students are excited," said Professor Mark Holton, who teaches the class. "We have never offered a tree climbing class that has not filled to capacity. We learn how to climb into large trees -- ones where you cannot reach the first branch. We also teach how to move around, go from tree to tree, and come back down safely using ropes and harnesses and various kinds of tree climbing tools."

Holton said Cornell requires physical education, and many students prefer his tree-climbing course to alternatives including bowling or skeet shooting.

"The highlight of our local class is an overnight in the trees," he said. "We also go to Costa Rica for climbing in the jungle."

Damn, I taught myself to climb trees at four or five years of age. By ten, I was an expert. Have I ever spent the night in a tree? Hell yes I have...the people chasing me never thought to look up.

Do you think 700 bucks to Costa Rica is all inclusive?

More of 'em here

From Preparedness to Appeasement and Back

...and who but a dunce would believe that continual military preparedness is far cheaper -- and more humane -- than the perpetual "peace dividend" and lowering of our defenses?

Are we about to repeat this tired cycle?

I've got Tiger Swallowtails all over the Stretchengeti.

Click to zoom

Today...my woman, completed another trip around the sun.

We're loaded...

Are we going to have cake and ice cream?

Nope...we'll be doing this

After all, she is from Kentucky...

This BOHIC Van Jones idiot and Obama, who appointed him, are FUBAR. What a SNAFU...should be SNNAFU or SNAFUBAR.

Jones needs to go (NTG).

Damn, WTF are people thinking?

I need some more acronyms...leave 'em in the comments.

AMF - Adios Mother Fucker
AMFYOYO - Adios Mother Fucker, You're On Your Own (from urbandictionary.com: "Informal medical acronym used to describe belligerent patients who argue and refuse treatment.")
AMFOTDYOYO - Adios Mother Fucker, Out The Door, You're On Your Own (from urbandictionary.com: "Similar to, but more complete than AMF YOYO")
BOHICA - Bend Over Here It Comes Again
BOHIC - Bend Over Here It Comes
DILLIGAS - Do I Look Like I Give A Shit
DILLIGAF - Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck
DILLIGAFF - Do I Look Like I Give A Flying Fuck
FIDO - Fuck It-Drive On
FISHDO (FISHiDO) - Fuck It, Shit Happens - Drive On
FIFI - Fuck It-Fly It
FIIGO - Fuck It, I've Got Orders
FNG - Fucking New Guy (used for all new people in a squad.)
FUBAB - Fucked Up Beyond All Belief
FUBB - Fucked Up Beyond Belief
FUBISO - Fuck You Buddy, I'm Shipping Out
FUMTU - Fucked Up More Than Usual
JAFO - Just Another Fucking Observer (guy who sits in the back of the vehicle)
JANFU - Joint Army-Navy Fuck Up
KMACYOYO - Kiss My Ass Colonel, You're On Your Own
LLMF - Lost Like a Mother Fucker
SNAFU - Situation Normal: All Fucked Up
SNAFUBAR - Situation Normal: All Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition/Reason
SOL - Shit Out of Luck
FUUSAB - Fucked Up Until Space And Beyond
REMF - Rear Echelon Mother Fucker
SRDH - Shit Rolls Down Hill
SSDD - Same Shit, Different Day
SUSFU - Situation Unchanged, Still Fucked Up
TARFU - Things Are Really Fucked Up, or Totally and Royally Fucked Up
TAUFU - Totally And Utterly Fucked Up
CF - Charlie Foxtrot - From the phonetic alphabet letters C and F, meaning Cluster Fuck
IHELP - I've had enough of life pill.
NFG - No Fucking Good (Non-Functioning Gear)
WTF - What the Fuck? - Spoke using the military phonetic alphabet as "whiskey, tango, foxtrot", often used as a rhetorical question.

Chanel, a Dachshund, and the oldest known dog, died Aug 28. She celebrated her 21st birthday on May 6, that's 147 in dog years.

German Engineering...they breed 'em to last.