I have 19 Azaleas in my yard. Red, white, pink, purple. I trim most of 'em back annually, but there are several I don't...I want to see how large they will grow. This one is about 6 feet tall and 8 feet wide.
Kind of scrappy looking...but still, that's a big Azalea.
Janet Napolitano who just recently told us that horrendous, unspeakable acts committed by actual terrorists, dead set on destroying our country and killing Americans, should be called "man-caused disasters."
"In my speech, although I did not use the word 'terrorism,' I referred to 'man-caused' disasters. That is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur."
"only a nuance"...what? She is a man-caused disaster because her father put the glide on her mother.
Our Supreme Leader Bobo sure knows how to put a team together, ya think? This is a fucking circus.
For those who slept through World History 101...... here is a condensed version.
Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunters/gatherers.They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer and would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.
The two most important events in all of history were:
1. The invention of beer, and
2. The invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to the beer, and the beer to the man.
These facts formed the foundation of modern civilization and together were the catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:
1. Liberals
2. Conservatives.
Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning of agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented yet, so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be invented, they just stayed close to the brewery. That's how villages were formed.
Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to BBQ at night while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known as the Conservative movement. Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live off the conservatives by showing up for the nightly BBQ's and doing the sewing, fetching, and hair dressing.
This was the beginning of the Liberal movement. Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest became known as girlie-men.
Some noteworthy liberal achievements include the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy and group hugs, the evolution of the Hollywood actor, and the concept of Democratic voting to decide how to divide all the meat and beer that conservatives provided.
Over the years, Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest, most powerful land animal on earth, the elephant. Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.
Modern liberals like imported beer (with lime added), but most prefer white wine or imported bottled water. They eat raw fish but like their beef well done. Sushi, tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare. Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of liberal women have higher testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal injury attorneys, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood and group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.
Conservatives drink domestic beer. They eat red meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game hunters, rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical doctors, police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and generally anyone who works productively. Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to work for a living.
Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers and decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are more enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained in Europe when conservatives were coming to America They crept in after the Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for nothing.
Here ends today's lesson in world history.......
It should be noted that a liberal may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before forwarding it.
A conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the absolute truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other true believers, and to more liberals...just to piss them off.
My woman has directed me to cut one cent out of our daily budget, which makes about as much sense as Bobobama's $100 million cut to our federal budget.
Let's see, $100 million represents a fraction of his $3.6 trillion budget proposal, and will do little to erase the more than $1.2 trillion deficit. You do the math.
I love this from the supreme commander..."We have an obligation to make sure that this government is as efficient as possible, and that every taxpayer dollar that is spent is being spent wisely"
He continues, "We also have a deficit, a confidence gap when it comes to the American people, and we've got to earn their trust, they've got to feel confidence that their dollars are being spent wisely."
Please, give me a break. I didn't just fall off the .......... truck.
Hobson's Choice is defined as "an apparently free choice when there is no real alternative". Google it if you like. I'm not talking about renting or selling horses.
Anyway, anyone draw any parallels here?...with the idiot Bobobama and his cronies who are in the drivers seat?
We're in deep shit. This turns my stomach. I know, I know, this photo has been all over the place. I just used it to illustrate a "sell out."
I hope all the assholes who voted for Bobo are happy now, and I hope they're ready for some Change...because Hope is standing at the emergency exit waiting to Break Left.
To me, it is unbelievable how stupid gullible some people are.
I will be attending a Tea Party tomorrow, after I drop a check in the mail. Damn!
I'm going, mainly, out of curiosity. I want to see what, I would like to think, like minded individuals are thinking. On the outside looking in, so to speak.
I believe we need a third party...no doubt, but I'm not sure I would call it the Tea Party.
In response to my previous post...my friend Teresa passed this along in the comments.
If it wasn't true, it'd be funny.
Anyway, here in the Brier Patch, we have a commercial shredder we use for all mail, etc.... shredded "paper compost" makes a great fire-starter. We burn everything.
I understand that some U.S. computer systems, in particular, systems that control the national electric / power grid, have been hacked by Russia and China, and left code behind that would allow control of these systems, at will. Russia and China...who knows...anyone can spoof an IP.
This is not good. Can you imagine the chaos if the power was turned off partially or totally nationwide? What if they gained access to a nuclear reactor?
The scariest part is our inability to detect the intrusions until after the damage has been done. There is no telling what has gone undetected. This is definitely a huge national security risk. The fact that something as important as the electrical infrastructure can be hacked is pretty pathetic on our part. As technologically advanced as we are, I would expect there would be a better infrastructure to ensure this cannot happen. Apparently not.
The Internet represents a border just as ports, airports, and physical borders do. We need to secure all of 'em.