“Decaf” is an alternate spelling of “defective”.
An Honest Politician?
*tsk tsk* While no one has seen one in the wild in my lifetime, AFAIK, in theory there actually could be an honest politician… In theory.
(N.B. Saw the thing on Facebook. I do not know the source of the above cartoon and so can’t credit it. I don’t read the “funnies” any more, so it may be by some easily-recognized cartoonist with whom I’m simply unfamiliar. Anyone know?)
Epiphany
Concerns about Obama’s disingenuity on the issue of illegal alien coverage under his proposals for nationalizing health care are misplaced. Sure, he does probably intend to offer amnesty (by some less loaded term in order to deny that it is in fact amnesty, just like Bush II tried to do) so illegals would be covered under his grab of 15% of the economy, but that’s not the disturbing thing.
No, as he’s made clear, by appointing crooks and liars and thieves (Oh, my!) to cabinet and other positions of power, and by not just his constant lies but the way he lies and uses the Mass MEdia Podpeople Hivemind as his own unreconstructed Pravda, he fully intends to make the US just like Mexico in at least one very important regard: he is remaking the US government over at warp speed into the same kind of kleptocratic kakistocracy that is Mexico’s criminal organization operating under the legal fiction of being a “legitimate government”.
A Salute for Our Corrupter-in-Chief
Notice: Curmudgeonly Saturday Patriotic Post Alert.
In honor of the minimum 158 confirmed outright, blatant, bald-faced lies about his positions, policies and actions (heck, I only caught Bush II in two outright, blatant, bald-faced lies, so this guy seems to be going for the world record), and his overall denigration of the office of the presidency, I hereby offer an appropriate a salute to The 0!
What else is appropriate for someone the following comment seems prophetically tailored for?
“You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies”–John 8:44
Salman Rushdie could get a “The Satanic Verses 2” book out of Obama’s mouth…
We now return to the other voices in my head…
Do NOT Mess With This Squirrel!
Fun Cell Phone Project
Wanna go retro with your cell phone? Here’s a cool instructable on how to hook up an old telephone handset to your cell phone–and it doesn’t even involve destroying your cell phone to do it! *heh*
Adapting a Telephone Handset to a Cell Phone – More cool how to projects
(This is the kind of blogpost you have to chance getting when you come here: whatever it takes to mollify the voices in my head… And no, I’m not crazy because I have voices in my head, after all, THEY’RE the ones IN MY HEAD!!! 😉 )
A Better SSB Performance Than Most
OK, I’ll admit that while I do NOT like some of the things their voice coach is having these young girls do with their voices, this actually is pretty darned good music.
The group is The Cactus Cuties. The five girls shown in the video above are older now, and only four in number. If you’re interested, there’s more at the link.
Senate Illegal Alien Child Prostitution Supporters
“Late” votes are apparently in. Here’s the list:
Keep these Senators away from your children…
Pondering the Imponderable
If we give peas a chance, won’t the lima beans feel left out?–Pinky
Expiring minds just wanna know…
How to Get a Book Blurb
Vonda McIntyre has a great lil howto for new writers on “Hunting the Wily Cover Blurb.” In comments is where you’ll find some of her best stuff, though, like this one on someone trying to shine her on about being a “big fan”–
If somebody says, “I liked your story ‘Moon Women of Titan’s Caves,’” the proper response is
(a) Oh, well, jeez, it wasn’t my best work;
(b) That piece of tripe? You’re a moron for liking that;
(c) I always hate everything I’ve written after it’s pubished;
(d) You BOUGHT that? In HARDCOVER? Why didn’t you wait for the paperback?*
(e) Thank you.The correct choice is left as an exercise for the reader…
*heh*
BTW, she adds as a postscript to that comment, “You may guess that my idea of the proper response to someone who buys your work in hardcover is ‘Thank you.'” 🙂
I’m adding this to my collection of advice from authors (not that I expect to publish a book; I’d have to write one first ;-)) that includes, “How to Write Suckitudinous Fiction” from Holly Lisle, an author who tells a tale very well (the single most important criterion for a fiction writer, IMO).