Thursday, November 12, 2009

Yep. George Is Right…

This music needs a new name.

George Jones: new country music needs a new name

I watched maybe 2-3 minutes of the CMA’s. I loathe awards shows for celebrities. But in particular I’m a little irritated of giving awards in the name of country music to performers who are about as country as Obama is humble.

She opened with a rousing rendition of "Forever & Always," throwing a chair from a raised podium, sliding to the floor on a pole, then dropping to her knees to sing the song's bridge.

I’m like Mr. Jones. I’m not knockin’ their showmanship and salesmanship. And make no mistake, selling it is 99% of the recognition. Just find another name for this music. For god’s sake, you got rid of the W in C&W. Would it be so hard to eliminate the name “country”?

I can see next year’s awards. Adam Lambert receives a Lifetime Achievement Award for his cover of Johnny Cash’s “Ring Of Fire” on American Idol.

Surber Says So-Long To Long-Winded Scribes…

in the comments section of his blog.

I actually don’t remember being annoyed at his comment section. There are much, much worse comment sections at other blogs. In fact,I think most of his commenters are clear and concise, such as this reply to No more long comments

J says:

November 12, 2009 at 8:24 AM

“Comments area privilege…” “Read your copy, read your copy, read your copy.”

I love irony.

Already followed your advice. My thousandsones of readers thank you.

(my three lines minus his seven lines…..ok, I’m good)

Is Don a Pharisee among Pharisees?

I should be so lucky as to even get a comment.

Wisdom…

Twelve hour naps cover pretty much all of life’s disappointments.

Monday, November 9, 2009

How Much You Wanna Bet?…

that the tired old Islam is a religion of peace mantra gets repeated tomorrow?

Along with we need to respect our differences, we need to embrace our Muslim brothers and sisters, we need to show them compassion as they are just as troubled as Americans are by this latest tragedy….excuse me…man-caused disaster.

Hasan’s tragedy is not my tragedy.

My country’s soldier’s and their families are our tragedy.

And The Award Goes To Chris Muir…

for The Best Use Of Full-Sidal Nudity In A Cartoon Strip To Make A Point…

Day By Day

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Congratulations America…

We are no longer citizens. We are subjects.

The legislation would require most Americans to carry insurance and provide federal subsidies to those who otherwise could not afford it. Large companies would have to offer coverage to their employees. Both consumers and companies would be slapped with penalties if they defied the government's mandates.

Mandation without representation.

Next up, the air that you inhale and exhale.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Now Hear This….Only He Can Jump To Conclusions…

without all the facts…

 

Obama on the Fort Hood tragedy…

President Barack Obama ordered the flags at the White House and other federal buildings be at half-staff and urged people not to draw conclusions while authorities investigate.
"We don't know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts," Obama said in a statement.

Understood O Great One.

BackyardConservative: Bless Kimberley


BackyardConservative: Bless Kimberley

I am sure that somewhere out there in Marxieland someone will pounce on her "aggressive" actions.

The process, procedure and protection of the assailant's rights must be adhered to.

An investigation into whether she followed protocol will probably be forthcoming.

“Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't”…

Newsbusters

But…but…if The One says so, it makes it so doesn’t it?

After all, The One gets the Nobel with just “the promise” he brings to the world.

So, would some reader please award me a Pulitzer for this post?

Thank you.

I’m humbled.

Cause I said so.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Mmm…Mmm…

Backyard Conservative: The President’s Response

First let ME say…

MY…

I want to give a shout-out…

MY understanding…

MY team…

I have to say…

I had planned to say…

MY immediate thoughts and prayers…

As commander-in-chief there is no greater honor, no greater responsibility for ME…

And… whose government’s is he talkin’ about?

I hate this. I hate this for the men and women of Fort Hood. This is their president. This is their commander-in-chief.

Most of all I hate that I am even blogging about this. Even now I’m debating the publish button

My apologies to our men and women in uniform if I dishonor them by this.

But I ask…if he was in your unit would you trust him to watch your back?…while he’s patting himself on his?

Read The Fine Print…

New jobless claims drop to 512K, lowest since Jan.

In other words, read the article, not just the headline…

…Still, companies are reluctant to hire and economists expect the unemployment rate will tick up to 9.9 percent when October's figure is reported Friday. The jobless rate hit a 26-year high of 9.8 percent in September.

…Despite the improvement, initial claims remain well above the roughly 400,000 that economists say will signal job creation.

…But economists worry that growth will slow early next year as various government stimulus programs wind down. That uncertainty has made many employers reluctant to hire.

In addition, many companies are squeezing more production from their existing work forces. Productivity, the amount of output per hour worked, jumped 9.5 percent in the third quarter, the Labor Department said in a separate report. That's the sharpest increase in six years, and it enables companies to produce more without hiring extra workers.

Economists expect the nation lost a net total of 175,000 jobs last month, adding to the 7.2 million lost since the recession began in December 2007.

The number of people claiming jobless benefits for more than a week fell by 68,000 to 5.75 million, above analysts' estimates but the eighth drop in nine weeks. The continuing claims data lag initial claims by one week.

Another 4.1 million people claimed extended unemployment benefits in the week ended Oct. 17, the latest data available, an increase of about 100,000 from the previous week. Congress has added 53 weeks of emergency aid on top of the 26 weeks typically provided by states.

Legislation to extend benefits by another 14 to 20 weeks was approved earlier this week by the Senate.

Many analysts expect the unemployment rate could rise as high as 10.5 percent before the recovery gains enough steam to start pushing it down next summer. The concern is that the recovery and consumer spending, which accounts for 70 percent of economic activity, could falter if households remain squeezed by layoffs, stagnant wages and depleted savings.

The Federal Reserve pledged Wednesday to keep interest rates low for an "extended period," which central bank policymakers can do because wage and general inflation pressures have vanished during the steep downturn.

Still, some companies are still announcing job cuts. Microsoft said Wednesday that it will eliminate 800 jobs on top of 5,000 layoffs that it announced in January. And Johnson & Johnson said it could cut up to 8,300 jobs as part of a restructuring.

Among the states, California reported the largest increase in claims, with 14,394, which it attributed to layoffs in the construction, services, manufacturing and agriculture industries. North Carolina, Oregon, Georgia and New York had the next largest increases. The state data lag initial claims by a week…

Out of 18 paragraphs, 12 paragraphs with the bad news.

That leaves 6 paragraphs of positive or neutral news.

Yep. The signals are there. The recession is over. The healing has begun.

And for those of you without jobs…

You have nothing to fear but the hope-a-dope.

Morning Sachet…

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

What I Read At Lucianne…

For me, the best part of Lucianne are the witty blurbs for the links and stories. Very rarely go to the list of linked stories. Seems to be heavy lately with Newsbusters and Canada Free Press and the British press.

In fact, I think Lucianne would do just as well with just the intro.

By the way, if you click the above links to Lucianne you likely won’t get what I’m showing below.

Late Breaking News!
Republicans take Virginia, New Jersey. Conservative loses in NY-23. Bloomberg successfully buys New York City

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

PW, ST, JD, and TN…

Grammie, Missy, and PW Ree…

in the original road-show production of…

Thelma, Louise, and Their Mother-in-Law
Nov. 4, 2009

Here is my 2 cents worth in the comments over there…

“Watch your comments about sweet tea PW. Y'all are comin' to Nashville aren't you? Sweet Tea and JD are mother's milk in Tennessee. See y'all there. Oh, and no comments about "y'all" either. Okay? And one more thing... Finger, Tennessee would be an interesting location for a book signin' don't ya think? Just let me know and I'll hide the sweet tea from ya.”

This Is All You Need To Read About Last Night’s Elections…

I’ll let  Nick’s great words be my last words on this subject…

“In a solidly (for over a century, we’re constantly being told) Republican district, the clear fiscal conservative lost in (ostensibly) a two-man race against a leftist lawyer. While the constituencies of New Jersy and Virginia alone each dwarf that of NY-23, and together render it completely negligable, something larger happened last night that gives me great pause as to the direction of our great Nation.

It’s not simply a (yet another) Congressional rubber-stamp vote for the Stalinization of the American health care industry, massive tax increases, enormous government expansion and Pelosiesque class warfare that was garnered last night. It was, in a conservative district a repudiation of smaller government and lower taxes, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty. Clearly the only candidate in NY-23 last night running on shaping the US the way small-government, small-’l’ libertarians desire lost. And not in Manhattan or Hollywood. Not in Hyde Park or Washington, DC. In rural, upstate New York.

The entire NY-23 episode was a healthy blood-letting for the GOP, yes. We have proven to all who question that ours is the party of fiscal restraint, personal responsibilty, individual freedom, and smaller Federal government. Ask Ms. Scuzzafava about that.

But a bigger question seems to remain, thanks to Congressman-elect Bill Owens: Can we turn these core American beliefs into an actual movement? This summer’s tea parties and rallies against big-government gave me hope about a new American sense of Independence. The repudiation of this newly-reborn sense of respect for our founding principles last night in (of all places) upstate New York gives me great concern about our Nation and its ability to embrace these precepts that are the very basis of our unique experiment in the first place.”

Succinct Surber…

Hoffman’s loss

I would add that this hurts conservative Republicans more than the governor wins help Republicans, because the MSM will pound on this and attach Sarah Palin’s name to Hoffman’s loss just as she attached her name to endorsing him. I paid little attention to Hoffman or the governor’s races mainly for the fact that I don’t live there. I believe in local citizenry representation, not national party affiliation. When you have a national organization trying to influence and control local elections, to me it smacks of the UAW, NEA, and others. I would like to see the GOP become as limited as the limited federalism they advocate. The more that conservatives act conservatively instead of “partying”, the more success they will have with liberty-lovers.

No Thank You. With A Name Like That…

you can keep your coffee.

Free 20oz Coffee at Kum&Go

Monday, November 2, 2009

From The Peanut Gallery…

The World Series…

Joe Buck and Tim McCarver…analytically boring. Let’s not get too excited guys.

The Phillies…no defense.

The Yankees…patience is a virtue when you have a bat in your hand.

Ozzie…Ozymandias. Comprende?

Mark Grace…the Cubbies are callin’.

I had great peanuts tonight. It’s that time of year in the South.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Let Me Say This Sunday…

Pro football is boring.

There are no teams.

There are rich egos.

And the fans think their loyalty to the players of their home team is reciprocated.

The only reciprocation a professional has is to the money trail.

It’s boring to watch.

***

And how about this…

Obama still can’t figure out Afghanistan.

Fox Sports says…punt!

Salutes That Suit…

him…

 

Saturday, October 31, 2009

If It’s Saturday…

it must be Crump.

Clues…

It’s in the Great State of Tennessee.

It’s on a hill above the Tennessee River.

One of the bloodiest battles of The War of Northern Aggression was fought down the road from here.

You’ll find the Tater Man there.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Surber Gets In Noonan’s Business…

Gee, Peggy Noonan is disenchanted

We knew we were gettin’ the business. But Peggy, you bought in as a stockholder in Barackco.

Now you want a bailout by talkin’ ‘bout my disheartened feelings?

I wasn’t an investor in his business plan.

But thank you for worrying about my heart.

Mine is just fine because I have a healthy constitution.

How’s yours?

I Feel A Song Coming On…

“You know what? He’s...just cool. He is like the coolest president that we’ve had. I mean, he is like the George Clooney of presidents. You know, he walks in the room. All the women want to be with him and all the guys want to be him. You know? He’s just cool. I’ve never heard women like this before. You know, he walks in a room, and they’re all like, ‘Ooh, I'll have his baby.’ It’s like- jeez, hey, he’s not John Edwards, all right? He’s Barack Obama. Calm down.”

And in Ms. Sykes case, he’s not Hillary.

Does It Matter?…

Good News! End Of The World Back on Schedule

Where to begin?

Revelations 22:[13] “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.”

A particle of the Truth? Or the Truth is in the particle?

How elite of me.

Windshield, Wipers, And Watch…

for free.

Now I understand that.

But if she feels she has to show me…

it’s the word…

elite.

Rollin’ And Tumblin’…

with the one mumblin’.

Don’t get me wrong. I believe Dylan is one of the poetic greats. I am amazed at his literary and musical gifts. But as an entertainer he exists for himself. Unless you can understand a few lines you deciphered while intently listening for those lines as he mumbles in performance, I see no reason attending his concert to basically pay your respects. Does he even care? Is there any reciprocity there?

The word…elitism.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Tip Top Lucky Cakes…

I miss ‘em.

Just needed to express that.

Carry on.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

But She Takes One Once Every Half-Hour…

Jennifer Aniston takes 3-minute showers…

These folks wear me out.

Besides that, they stink.

Next thing we’ll know is that not to be outdone, Angelina Jolie takes a 2 minute shower only on Saturdays, and shares it with Brad.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

National Day Of Apology…

and repentance, and atonement, of sackcloth and ashes, of self-flagellation.

I can’t even begin to find words or thoughts to describe how tired I am of worrying about ethnic, racial, sexual sensitivity, rights, wrongs…whatever.

I’m gonna have a taco.

By the way, I’m still waiting for Obama’s apology for all of these.

Governing By Proclamation…

Jennifer Granholm has proclaimed Saturday "Shake Your Mailbox Day" in Michigan.

As opposed to proclaiming “The Stimulus Is Helping Shake-Down Day”.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Yes. We Need To Stay The Course…

with this Grand Old Party.

And yes, it’s gettin’ old.

ARGGGGH!!! Republican Pressures Obama To Investigate BCS

Monday, October 19, 2009

An Osmond Gettin' Gay With It...


If you're watching Dancing With The Stars, Donny told Bruno, who had just said Donny Osmond had transformed into Donny Darko in his presentation of the tango, (and who Donny has clutched in a performance embrace on a prior show), that Bruno had taken him there.

Donny and Bruno will be going on tour with the first date at Temple Square, Salt Lake City.

I think we can safely say that this has been Donny's way of sticking it to his Mormon Church hierarchy.

And if the Saints want to keep his family's money flowing into the temple, I think there will be a change in the Smith Book theology.