Yesterday, when the TelePrompTer in Chief was set up in the halls of Congress for the President’s speech, were Democrats required to genuflect towards it as they crossed the middle aisle of the hall?
Question of the day
Posted by daddybear71 on September 9, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/09/question-of-the-day/
Thought for the Day II
There is nothing like being stuck in traffic behind a full hog hauler to put a special shine in your day.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 9, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/09/thought-for-the-day-ii-4/
Thought for the day
Last night Obama promised a car in every garage and a chicken in every pot. Something tells me we’re more likely to get 10 speeds and tuna fish.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 9, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/09/thought-for-the-day-70/
Overheard in the Living Room
The scene:
An American family watching a Disney movie after dinner, complete with a short cartoon about storks and rain clouds:
Girlie Bear: What’s with the storks?
Irish Woman: That’s an old wive’s tale. They used to tell children that storks brought babies so they didn’t have to explain the exact way that you make a baby.
DaddyBear, trying to be a wise ass: How exactly do we make babies?
Irish Woman, without losing a beat: You take a nap, apparently. The rest is a mystery to you.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 8, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/08/overheard-in-the-living-room-5/
A Tale of Two Pictures
May 26, 2010:
September 8, 2011
The first picture is of President Obama telling us how great it was that he was using stimulus money to invest in a company that started laying off workers within months. The second picture is of a young FBI agent raiding Solyndra for some unknown reason. What a difference 16 months makes, huh?
Posted by daddybear71 on September 8, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/08/a-tale-of-two-pictures/
News Roundup
- From the “Wasn’t Me!” Department – A family in California watched a bear break into their Toyota Prius, tear it up, then take it for a spin down the driveway and into a neighbor’s yard. I think I need to call my family in the Bay Area to make sure none of the nephews have beein in Tahoe recently. Although I am impressed that the bear was able to get a Prius down a driveway, over a wall, and up onto a porch.
- From the “Rolly Polly Fishheads” Department – A state trooper in Washington spent part of his evening shoveling a load of fish heads off of a highway the other day. Something tells me that wasn’t covered at the academy. I’m also pretty sure his wife was less than enthused when he came home from work smelling like trout.
- From the “Ghost With The Most” Department – Believe it or not, Hollywood is trying to make a sequel to the 1988 movie “Beetlejuice”. I feel relief at this. I mean, there was so much left to say at the end of the original. No word yet on who will act in the film, although I’m sure the sand worms are available. My gut tells me this will go into the “Films I Refuse to Admit Exist” folder along with “Highlander 2”, “Star Trek V”, and “Starship Troopers”.
- From the “Reach Out and Touch Someone” Department – A woman in the Netherlands has been charged with stalking after calling an ex-boyfriend over 65,000 times in a year. Either this man is a god, or this lady needs a membership to a dating site as a birthday present. This would be one of those situations where you wish you could send shocks to the other end of the telephone line. Although I have to ask: Didn’t the guy know he could change his number and stay unlisted?
Posted by daddybear71 on September 8, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/08/news-roundup-87/
Thought for the day
I will not be surprised if tonight, at the end of his job coughcoughcampaigncough speech in front of Congress, President Obama does not look at the cameras and ask “Are you ready for some football?”. Because, you know, NFL fans will still be watching the speech instead of getting ready for the game or watching ESPN, and he will be able to connect with them on a spiritual level due to his shared love of good clean American fun.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 8, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/08/thought-for-the-day-71/
An additional rule
A while back, I posted “10 Simple Rules for Using My Systems“, which discussed the things I ask that the people I work with keep in mind when doing business with me. Basically, I’m as human as they are, I know more about their systems than they ever will, and I’ve done this long enough that I can look at a bad idea and back up that label with facts and history.
I’m going to add another rule today:
11. Do not tell me how to suck eggs, and please do not tell me which egg to suck. Unless I have never done what you ask of me before, all I require is for you to tell me that there are eggs that need to be sucked. I will look at the eggs, come up with a plan, discuss that plan with you so that you understand what I am going to do, tell you what it’s going to take in terms of time, people, money, and equipment, then schedule and execute the work. Also, I ask that you bear in mind the fact that your eggs are not the only eggs in my carton, so I will have to work with my management to prioritize your eggs in the queue. Criticizing my tactics, techniques, and timing will get you nowhere.
Yeah, it’s been one of those days.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 7, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/07/an-additional-rule/
I’ve got a long way to go
before I measure up to the gods of blogging.
What I said:
From the “Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” Department – A man was stopped after he was seen walking on a highway in Indiana while carrying a sword. He took a swing at police officers with his mighty blade, then tried to carjack a vehicle. Wow, there’s a lot going on there. The department for this one is a direct quote of one of the things the man said to police. I’m at a loss on a whitty comment to make about this. This one pretty much stands on its own.
What Tam said about the same news report:
Confronted by the evil henchmen of the Sheriff of Garyham, who appeared to be armed with phials of irritating, wands of tazing, and bracelets of arresting, Strongheart swung his sword, but rolled a Critical Miss. He then failed his saving throw against Going To Jail, and accompanied the warders peacefully.
She said much more. I guess there’s a reason people don’t get excited when I come into the room, but when Tam speaks, people listen.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 7, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/07/ive-got-a-long-way-to-go/
Dear United Nations
Butt out, please.
The UN recently advised Australia that it should stop deporting criminal immigrants back to their home countries because doing so “violates their human and political rights”. Apparently sending a Swede back to Sweden after he is convicted of several offenses, including rape, is a violation of a human right.
Let me be the first to say that the United Nations Human Rights Committee can bite my hairy backside.
Deciding who gets to come into a country and who gets to stay after being invited in is a basic function of a government. There is no such thing as a ‘citizen of the world’. This jerkoff, and many like him, was a guest of the Australian people, and abused that hospitality. The government was perfectly within the scope of its power to tell them to get out of the country and not return.
This isn’t racism or discrimination in any form. This is a nation deciding that someone who isn’t a citizen doesn’t get to commit crimes and still be welcome.
The U.N. needs to find something more productive to do with its time, like going back to being a debate club for despots and dictators, or maybe sending ‘peace keepers’ into war zones to observe the carnage and violate human rights all on their own. How a nation deals with criminal immigrants is none of the U.N.’s business.
Posted by daddybear71 on September 7, 2011
https://daddybearsden.com/2011/09/07/dear-united-nations/
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