Archive of entries posted on December 2013

Wisdom of the Day: Demands Face Hamburgers Weddings Coffee Ducks Kombat Problems LeBeouf

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Obama Warned Us – Chicago

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I’ve called Chicago home for nearly 25 years. It’s a city of broad shoulders and big hearts and bold dreams; a city of legendary sports figures, legendary sports venues, and legendary sports fans; a city like America itself, where the world — the world’s races and religions and nationalities come together and reach for the dream that brought them here.

BARACK OBAMA, remarks on the South Lawn, Sep. 16, 2009

“A dream of raw, naked, political power unfettered by laws or conscience.”

You Can’t Duck the Culture Wars

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Well, who would have thunk: Someone known for being an open Christian is not super big on sodomy. Now, I don’t think Phil Robertson put things the nicest way, but it’s a bit of a stretch to call him a hater just for quoting the bible and saying he doesn’t get the appeal of sodomy, and this firing of him by A&E just seems insane when a “Phil goes to sensitivity training” episode would be great TV.

Anyway, this just goes to the point that there is no avoiding the culture war; you will be made to tolerate. And then you will be made to celebrate. And if you don’t, you’re the enemy. We can’t just let them shut down all debate by calling people haters. If you disagree with Phil’s view on sodomy, then instead of trying to dismiss him as a hater, you should be able to defend sodomy on the merits. Any time people are so quick to shut down debate, though, that always makes me suspect they have weak arguments. Plus if you think homosexual acts aren’t a sin, your beef is with Paul, not Phil.

And at some point these big gay agenda organizations that rallied against Phil need to die down. It’s not good for anyone — regardless of sexual orientation — to center much of his or her life around what gender one lusts after.

Random Thoughts: Kool-Aid, Whiteness, and Phil Robertson

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“When the kids get noisy at the holidays, it’s a good time to mention Obamacare’s coverage of birth control and abortion.”

Aren’t we doing a Jonestown comparison every time we talk about someone “drinking the Kool-Aid”?

I don’t mean to step on everybody’s outrage; with it so near Christmas, there really isn’t anything else going on.

Of course, an Obama devotee accusing others of being part of a cult… we’ll it’s not like obliviousness is a suprise from that crowd.

When I was a kid, my mom wouldn’t let me drink the Kool-Aid. Because of the sugar.

Phrase the poll on minimum wage differently: “If a business owner thinks the higher wage hurts his business, are you willing to shoot him over this?”

I’d love to meet the market executive who thought the one thing keeping Obamacare from being popular was lack of smug hipsters.

Wild West : horse-thief : : Twitter : joke-thief

Now let’s debate whether Popeye is white.

Things that will get me to buy a Wii U: New original Zelda. New Metroid Prime.

I don’t need any drugs to be creative. …Well, caffeine.

Every Christmas we watch It’s a Wonderful Life and Die Hard and neither get old.

Yes. I must make that movie now. A movie that combines the great Christmas movies It’s a Wonderful Life and Die Hard into one super movie!

Wonder what the tryouts for Pajama Boy were like? “No, not smug enough. And the blood tests on this one is showing traces of testosterone.”

I hope no one ever has a problem with me being white.

“A white Frank J. just has problems connecting with minority children. Maybe we should replace him with an animated badger.”

I just imagined black Frank J. and realized I’d never be able to compete with him. Except at hailing a cab.

I wonder how my senators voted on the budget. Does Idaho have senators?

Phil having to go to sensitivity training would actually make a pretty good episode of Duck Dynasty.

This was inevitable when you let Phil Robertson say all those hateful things about yuppies with no one objecting.

Been some confusion; whole time I’ve been ranting about Obama, I was referring to Greg Obama from OH. I have nothing but respect for the president.

I get how one thing Phil said was objectionable, but is paraphrasing Corinthians also off limits?

Name that school

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NathanBedfordForrestThere’s a school in Jacksonville that is going to get a new name.

Nathan B. Forrest High School (Go Rebels!) won’t be Nathan B. Forrest High School much longer. The reason? Somebody didn’t like who Nathan B. Forrest was.

So, who was Nathan B. Forrest? Other than Forrest Gump’s ancestor? Well, he was a slave trader before the War Between the States, a Confederate general in the War, and a member of the first incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan after the war.

You may wonder how Nathan B. Forrest High School came by that name, particularly when over half the students are black. Well, neither they nor their parents were consulted in the naming, that’s for sure. Most of the students at Nathan B. Forrest High School come from either J.E.B. Stuart Middle School (Home of the Raiders) or Jefferson Davis Middle School (Home of the Chargers). So, I assume you’re seeing a pattern here.

Anyway, Nathan B. Forrest High School won’t be Nathan B. Forrest High School much longer. The Duval County School Board voted to change the name. But they don’t know what to. As soon as they come up with a name, they’ll spend around $400,000 to change signs, stationery, uniforms, and such.

And here’s where we can help.

Let’s come up with a name for Nathan B. Forrest High School. Other than Nathan B. Forrest High School. Leave them in the comments. Whatever you do, don’t call the school board directly. Leave the suggestions here, so the school board can get some really great ideas.

I’ll start.

  • Generic High School
  • John Doe High School
  • He Who Shall Not Be Named High School
  • Cthulhu High School
  • James T. Kirk High School
  • John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt High School
  • Frank J. Fleming High School
  • Inigo Montoya High School
  • Heywood Jablome High School
  • Pussy Galore High School
  • Plenty O’Toole High School
  • Bond, James Bond High School
  • Jack Goff High School
  • Buster Cherry High School
  • Mike Hunt High School
  • Sofonda Peters High School
  • Oliver Klozoff High School
  • Jacques Strap High School
  • Seymour Butz High School
  • Hugh Jass High School
  • Amanda Hugginkiss High School
  • Blast HardCheese High School
  • Dirk HardPec High School
  • Smoke ManMuscle High School
  • Bob Johnson High School

Not sure if those will work. What ideas have you on the matter?

Clear-Headed Thoughts on Obamacare

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[High Praise! to Wise Up]

Skipping the idea that every Democrat would always be on the same page of this Obama-care blunder bust, where are the clear thinkers on this? Both sides of the aisle seem content to go from “It’s not working” to “It’s very slow” to “Just pay the fines” to “They may find out January 1st that they don’t have insurance!” yet not more than a few are saying, “STOP or we’re gonna hit that wall!”

Laws are rewritten and changed illegally as it goes on. Goalposts moved, confusion to everyone including the architects of this disaster. (Well, except Nancy Pelosi who seems to have unlimited access to valium)

In the meantime everyone on the left smiles and says either “You’re gonna love it” “Its working” or when pressed under oath, takes the 5th.