Archive for January, 2012

Never forget; MIAs still in Iraq

| January 30, 2012 | 2 Comments
Never forget; MIAs still in Iraq

Bingham Jamison, a former Marine Corps officer with two combat tours in Iraq writes today in Time magazine to remind us that we have troops left behind in Iraq; To me, [Staff Sergeant Ahmed Kousay Altaie, kidnapped by Shiite militia in Baghdad on October 23, 2006] service to our country represents the best of America […]

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Tom Brady, TSO and the Indian from the Village People walk into a bar…

| January 30, 2012 | 6 Comments
Tom Brady, TSO and the Indian from the Village People walk into a bar…

OK, not really, but the Village People are playing here in Indy tonight.  I have to go there right? What do I dress as? With the facial hair I figure the Indian is out, and I don’t own any chaps.

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Getting ahead of the PTSD thing

| January 30, 2012 | 123 Comments
Getting ahead of the PTSD thing

Dirty Mick sends us a link to the story of Jason Edward Prostrollo, 25, a veteran who was shot by police in a stand-off in Scottsdale, Arizona early Saturday. The incident unraveled just after 4 a.m. when a 35-year-old woman called police reporting that her boyfriend was in a fight with another man who had […]

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Right Wing News: Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2012 GOP Primaries (Pre-Florida Edition)

| January 30, 2012 | 8 Comments
Right Wing News: Polling Conservative Bloggers On The 2012 GOP Primaries (Pre-Florida Edition)

Our buddy, John Hawkins at Right Wing News polled 68 conservative bloggers and asked us who we’d support if we were voting in the Florida Primaries today and this how it shook out; Right Wing News polled more than 250 right-of-center bloggers on which candidate they’d support if the 2012 Republican primaries were today. 1) […]

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Pakistan doctor to be tried for treason

| January 30, 2012 | 9 Comments
Pakistan doctor to be tried for treason

A Pakistani doctor who gave us valuable information leading to Osama bin Laden’s demise has been arrested and charged with treason. And all he gets from Leon Panetta is a sad face and an expression of “concern” over “a real mistake”. It seems to me that the administration could have taken measures to protect the […]

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DC cops taze Occupy protester

| January 29, 2012 | 35 Comments
DC cops taze Occupy protester

DC cops made preparations to end the hippie occupation of public spaces in the city today by posting warning notices. Some goober went around behind them and tore the notices down, so when they moved on him to arrest him, he resisted. One female officer drew out her tazer and tazed his fat, hippie ass. […]

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I Wish I’d Said It.

| January 29, 2012 | 14 Comments
I Wish I’d Said It.

Still a Sunday Silly: Allen West being redistricted out of existence in effort led by Romney Florida spokesman The establishment is fighting back, alright. This has not received a lot of national attention, but the Republican legislature in Florida is about to push through a plan which puts Allen West at serious risk, and the […]

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In Defense of Hillbilly Heaven

| January 29, 2012 | 11 Comments
In Defense of Hillbilly Heaven

Title and context stolen from Don Surber Don is a genuine professional writer and I won’t try to top him. OK, that is perhaps the least surprising headline imaginable for a West Virginia blogger, but I must defend Hillbilly Heaven BBQ in Hamilton, Ontario, whose owner Cameron Bailey has posted signs that include: “Things we don’t […]

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