Dear Lefties

Breath. Relax.  That stroke may be covered under ObamaCare, that does not mean you want to suffer one.

Nothing has changed with the Hobby Lobby ruling. A person still have free and unfettered access to contraception, abortions, morning after pills and such. They will not lose their jobs anywhere if they partake in such products. The decision merely says if a person wants to use the above, said person will have use their own money to purchase them. 

An employer offers insurance as a benefit.  As such, the employer should be able to decide what benefits to offer, be it dental or vision insurance, medical insurance, vacation, or paid holidays.

Nothing has changed, you can screw like bunnies. If you don't want the babies, you are on your own.

As it should be.

Monday Musings, Episode 6,419

For some reason I was dreaming about the Archduke Franz Ferdinand last night. That sentence is not completely true.  I know why I was dreaming about the Archduke. June 28 was the 100th anniversary of his death. In case you are not an aficionado of history, it was his assassination that set off WWI and thus WWII and thus the Cold War.  That bullet fired by Gavrilo Princep killed 50 million people.  I'm not in the mood for research and effort on this cloudy and warm Monday morning. So you will have to learn about the Archduke on your own time.

I married my wife thirty years ago today. I did not realize when the Minister said "forever" it would be this long. Ha, ha I joke. I got far better than I deserved when I found this girl. She is a great wife and a wonderful mother. She grows more beautiful every day.  We currently find ourselves adrift in some rough seas, but I know she will be there by my side.

I am a lucky man.

I guess I should post something

Something

Friday Music

It has been a long time since we featured some Supertramp here. Enjoy.

I think

This is one of the most beautiful photographs I have ever seen. I don't know why. But I like it.

Thank you very much

It appears that sometime in the last week or so I surpassed 250,000 visitors to this old piece o' crap blog. Oh, I know that is a pittance compared to the big boys. It is a small number of visits even for many of the blogs listed over there on the right. But the notion that people bothered to look at my word splatters a quarter of a million times leaves me happy and humbled. I do not possess the vocabulary to express the thanks I owe each of you.

In my neighborhood

It is strange to see your environs on the TV news. There was severe weather in the area yesterday afternoon and the TV folks zoomed in right on my neighborhood to show the "hook" that could lead to tornadoes and winds and scary stuff, oh my. There was no damage at my house, thank God. In fact, the weather was weird, the rain was falling in torrents, yet there was no wind at all.  Nary a leaf was stirring while the storm raged over our heads. Very weird indeed.

The next subdivision to the south was on the news for more unsavory reasons. There was a murder right here in one of America's safest cities! It was not the sort of mystery that inspires great detective stories, Miss Marple won't be peeking around the corner of the vicarage any time soon. No, this killing was a stupid kids' fight over a girl -- as if the winner actually had a inside track to the mysteries that is the female brain. At 18 or 19, the odds either gent ended up with the chick long-term is slim anyway.

According to news accounts, killer and victim were arguing or not. Victim left killer's car with killer's phone. Killer paused in his chase to grab a knife from the glove box. Mistake numero uno. When he caught the victim he proceeded to stab him multiple times.  It is hard to plead self-defense when the victim is unarmed and sports cuts on his hands and neck to go along with the three stabs in the chest.

Sometimes stupid is not a strong enough word. Fighting over a woman was dumb when Menelaus brought a thousand ships filled with his buddies to whip Paris' Trojan ass over the hotness that was Helen. It is just as stupid today.

There will be no epic poems written about the fight over a girl that happened down the street. Only a pathetic post on a barely read blog sadly wondering how so many lives could be ruined over something so very trite.

Like a little beaver

Three conference calls are scheduled for today. It is a good thing my desk chair is comfortable. I have to write a five-year business plan by Friday. I don't know what my customers are going to do this year.

Big changes coming at work. I see storm clouds on the horizon. Things looking grim for your author. Prayers would be nice.

T-Shirt mania

According to my stats, this page from 2008 has been my most popular post for each of the past three weeks. It gets more hits daily than the fresh crap I put up. Is this a sign of my past genius? Is it a reflection on my current content? Is there still a secret cult sporting special logo T-shirts? Are search engines hitting on the pictures or is it mere spam-driven visitation? Only my hairdresser knows for sure.

Hopping down the bunny trail

This spring the wife planted some bulbs and for the most part they are growing and sprouting. Some, like the day lilies she planted came up late and will not bloom this year.  The gladiolas will not bloom for a few weeks yet. We planted six Asian lilies and five came up. On Friday one finally bloomed with three wonderful deep purple, almost burgundy blooms. Another had buds ready to open in a week or so. On Saturday morning the flowers were gone.  The leaves were gone. In fact all five lilies were but bare stems and chewed tops. The damn rabbits had struck again.

The good thing about dogsitting the boy's dog was he kept the squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits away. Now, almost in revenge, the bastards doing their best to strip my flower beds. Surrounding every flower bed with chicken wire is not feasible, and even if it were who wants to enjoy a backyard that looks like a prison farm for elves? We mixed up some pepper water and sprayed everything under ankle height. I filled in and blocked some holes under the privacy fence. So far this morning there is no more damage.

Future historians

are going to look back on the current we, and ask why it was we let society drift into the the second dark ages, beset by famine, disease and war because we destroyed our economy and way of life by refusing to use the energy that was there for the taking -- our coal and oil to power society. Why we refused to farm tillable land, why we gave up freedom in the name of progressivism.

This issue pegs out the "I do not care" meter

If I owned the Washington Redskins I would make this the new team mascot and tell everyone to go to hell.

Friday Music

Old school crossover hit.

Genetically modified foods

This is what an ear of corn looked like a thousand years ago.

 

http://www.utahstories.com/2012/06/ancient-fremont-farming-in-utah/

Over time farmers practiced selective breeding, cross pollination and advanced farming techniques to create the ear of corn we have today.

Dogs, cows, pigs, and chickens are all bred for certain characteristics. farmed fish and shrimp are bred to give the meatiest and tastiest products. All of this is genetic modification.

Sometimes the genetic changes are developed in a lab, not a breeding pen. But developing grains and food that is resistant to disease and drought seems a good thing. A plentiful food supply is essential.

One of the "causes" of the modern progressive is a ban on genetically modified foods. Ben & Jerry ice cream vows to use no genetically modified ingredients. Sorry, but the Vermont cows that provide the milk have been genetically bred to provide the most milk. The whole concept is just silly.

The very people who cry chicken little over global warming are fighting  tooth and nail against grains modified to resist drought.

The same folks who want to use human tissue stem cells to develop cures for cancer, and other diseases are protesting genetically modified soy beans.

I swear hypocrisy is the foundation of the liberal mindset. 

Their treason is still felt today

Julius and Ethel Rosenburg met their traitor's end on this date in 1953. They were key catalysts in moving the Cold War to another level. They were also the prototypical hate-America progressive communist bastards that infected government and academia at the time. You can bet they voted a straight Democrat ticket. Too bad things have not changed a bit, their ilk still infest the government bureaucracy and academia. Hell, their type lives in the White House.

S'long

One of my all-time favorite Colts players is set to retire today.

Life in the NFL is fleeting at best

Why not let their relatives in Mexico vote too?

A New York Democrat thinks illegals should have a right to vote in state and local elections. His argument is that local laws affect illegals and they should have a say in those laws. He wants to create a sort of second class citizen. Since my employer is located in New York, and that state's laws affect the company's bottom line (taxes, healthcare costs, etc.) as well as some of my paycheck deductions (New York has some of the highest health insurance costs in the country) should I have a vote in local New York elections? After all, I am affected by New York laws.

Rivera claims one of the requirements is proof the person paid taxes for three years. If one is an illegal, he has no Social Security card or 'green card". Without a Social Security card or 'green card' you cannot be legally hired, If there is no legal hire then the person in question did not likely pay income, Social Security, or Medicaid taxes.

The Man

Summer has finally arrived with the usual heat and humidity. It is what generally happens this time of year, those who worship the Global Warming Deity be damned.

This guy should be listed right there with Edison, Tesla, the Wright Brothers, Goddard, or DaVinci as one of the greatest inventors of all time. Each of you who lives in the Southwest, Florida, or Nevada could not live there without his genius.

What the Heck III

Disgusting. Yet funny in a black humor kind of way. 

I feel for the poor cop who had to do that search.

What the Heck? II

I bet Nixon is moaning in his grave.  "I should have just said the tapes were lost, I should have said the tapes were lost..."

All politicians are lying bastards, but Republicans are mere pikers compared to Democrats.