Another opportunity...missed

Certainly, someone has said this. It just seems like I've been really unplugged the past several weeks with work and family and stuff--but surely, someone has told the Republican party what a great opportunity they're about to piss away.

Everyone is healthcare crazy right now--Obama and the Dems are trying to play the typical, left-wing fascist by shoving something down our throats that we don't necessarily want and the Republicans are sitting back, grinning like fat cats every time a town hall turns into a "let's lynch our elected official," gathering (most should be lynched deservedly--with, our without, the healthcare debate). It's a mess.

Out of chaos, you'd think that some order would emerge. You would THINK that the Republican party who have a lot of guys with "M.D." before their Rs would have seen this opportunity and run with it. So far, I haven't heard it. I'm talking about an alternative to what the Dems are proposing.

It doesn't even have to be "comprehensive healthcare reform." A sensible start will do. Certainly with all the public squawking, figuring out what we need, right now, should not be an exercise in mental agility. And ya know, tweaking the healthcare system--for the good--is a complicated process, so let's not get in a hurry. But let's make a start.

And when the left says "no," to commonsense reforms (because they come from Republicans), they'll show themselves to be what they really are--the bad guys in all this mess.

Just as an FYI, Louisiana has THREE medical doctors in our Congressional contingent--that's a pretty good ratio for a "backwoods" state, don't you think? If the notion strikes, write or call Dr. Bill Cassidy, Dr. Charles Boustany or Dr. John Fleming and tell them to get on the stick crafting an alternative to the Nazi crap the Left is putting out!!

I know what side of the fence Facebook is on.

Since they chose to remove my group "Henry Louis Gates is a common thug," and not even have the decency to site specific examples as to WHY my group violated their Terms of Service.

I think it's because Facebook is run by those who would describe themselves as liberals--which really means that they know better than everyone else and don't have to explain anything to anyone.

Now, I fully recognize the fact that I am using Facebook at the mercy of those who OWN Facebook and, since it's their property, they're free to do as they please. However, a quick search of political groups on Facebook finds that there are far more that could be described as "left leaning" than those with bends to the right. This leads me to believe that my group was dismantled because I was not very kind to the president or "Dr." Gates. Do dear in mind that I didn't attack Gates or the pres, didn't wish them ill and didn't write anything that wasn't either the truth, or my opinion, or a fact which I felt adequately supported my opinion...I even allowed left-wing Obama worshippers to come on their and spout off--for no reason other than it was fun shooting them down.

I think the "Facebook" team gets the Who's a Douche award for the week....

Nomination for a Darwin Award

Smart guys can be really stupid, as evidenced by the protagonist in the following article:

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/53006002.html

If you feel compelled to go to the top of a ten story building to collect your thoughts AND you have a degree in mechanical engineering, you should know how bad gravity can be if you get too close to the edge.

Call me insensitive, but I really don't have sympathy for those lacking in the common sense department.

Fellow Louisiana Taxpayers:

From a friend of mine who's an astute observer of Senator Landrieu...and not because she has a nice ass or anything....

Fellow Louisiana Taxpayers:

The Senate voted last night, 60-37, to continue the “Cash for Clunkers” program.

However, one important amendment, which could have made the continuation of this program much more palatable for the U.S. taxpayers, was rejected.

LA Senator David Vitter offered an amendment to provide a real termination date for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), which is the $700 billion financial bailout passed last Fall, with the support of then-President George Bush and Congressional leadership of both parties. The legislation, which introduced socialism into our banking system, provided for the Treasure-Secretary to have the authority to extend the bailout for another two years after the 2009 termination date.

Back then, Sen. Mary Landrieu, who was in the middle of a re-election campaign, bragged about standing up for LA taxpayers and voting AGAINST the bailout. She sent out press releases.

However, last night, Senator Landrieu voted AGAINST Vitter’s amendment to repeal the extension power and set the real termination date of financial bailouts to this year.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00267

The measure failed 41-56, with three Democrats voting for ending the bailout. But Senator Landrieu voted to continue throwing out taxpayer money.

Mary Landrieu…claiming to stand up for taxpayers of Louisiana and votes our wishes during re-election season, but continues to put the screws to us the other 5 years.

Senator Landrieu’s office numbers:

(202)224-5824
(504) 589-2427
(225) 389-0395
(318) 676-3085
(337) 436-6650

Some people have too much time on their hands

Louisiana State Senator Robert Adley is probably one of them.

As he's now wasting state resources having the AG and Louisiana Legislative Auditor investigate a blog, published by the Governor's Division of Administration, I'd say that the excess time he has on his hands, is costing us money.

The only question I have is what pork did you NOT get this session, Senator Adley?

This is fine example of the fact that, in Louisiana, it doesn't matter if you have the same letter behind your name as the next elected official--there's always something to fight about.

The only thing criminal I see here is the fact that the clown who writes the blog is paid $103,000 a year...but that's nothing new. We've always had a penchant for overpaying in this place.

The LAE hates Paul Pastorek because...

Paul Pastorek:

A) isn't an "educator,"

B) thinks the way we "educate" children in the state of La is screwed up and wants it changed,

C) was appointed by a governor with an "R" behind his name.

I think both A and B are positives and C shouldn't matter at all--but, the LAE doesn't see it that way.

The LAE is a union, which means that they're all about supporting lazy, status-quo minded, useless types who show up to collect a paycheck. Think "autoworker," if you will. There's a sense of entitlement because, you know, they're teachers and they've been trod upon for years and now it's time for them to get what they deserve.

Well, here's what they deserve:

1) Work all year long, like the rest of us.

2) Get paid and, ultimately, keep your job, based upon how well you do your job.

3) Turn out a product that, if you can't be proud of it, it's at least acceptable to the people paying for it (the taxpayer).

The LAE's sole function is the making of excuses. Pastorek doesn't want to hear excuses. It's not a surprise that they'd like to see him gone.

For Immediate Release

(Baton Rouge, LA) -- Staff

Millionaire Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ - HOODRAT) of Brookstown, a neighborhood in Baton Rouge, LA, would like to announce their first musical venture: Professors With Attitude (PWA). The effort will be fronted by Harvard's own Henry Louis Gates and feature the single "Fuck The Police -- I'm Straight Outta Cambridge."

Fresh off their successful video, Thuggin' It and Lovin' It, Millionaire Entertainment seeks to be the leading distributor of ghetto-inspired and produced media that perpetrates a negative stereotype of African-Americans.

Affirmative Action has failed us all...

And to prove my point, I present Item A, "Thuggin' It and Lovin' It," as excerpted by WBRZ:

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/50844642.html

Now, I had to have a really good, hard laugh at this. Knowing a thing or two about guns, physics and why you shouldn't let your pants hang around your ankles, I'm fairly certain that the only damage that's going to get done by the "Thuggin' It and Lovin' It" crowd are to innocent bystanders and perhaps themselves. Probably, the best thing that could happen to the Brookstown area of Baton Rouge would be the thug crowd manages to kill off themselves.

It'll never happen--you can't exterminate roaches.

I have a few ideas about how to clean up the place--but that damn Constitution and some silly notion of civil rights always rears its ugly head. And, if that were not bad enough, some hippies from some human rights organization would certainly complain. I'd imagine that the good, honest, hardworking residents of Brookstown (of which there are many, and they most certainly outnumber the wannabe "thugs,") probably wouldn't have anything bad to say about a little "housecleaning" in their neighborhood.

The entire problem lies in the attitude of certain elements of the black community. I'm not sure how looking like a complete fool, speaking something only resembling English and shooting a gun sideways became something to aspire to, but it is--to prove my point, Item B, "www.wordofsouth.com," from Da Dirty Round Table>Thuggin' It and Lovin' It dvd topic:

What really needs to happen here? Leaders of the black community in Baton Rouge (of which there are some VERY strong leaders--Kip Holden, Jeff Leduff--to name two) need to say "this stops now," and back it up with some heavy-handed enforcement. Brookstown gets turned in to a "zero tolerance" zone where dropping a piece of gum on the sidewalk will get you splayed out across a cop car and searched. Little kids need to be shown what a "hoodrat" is and then shown how a hoodrat lives out the rest of his days--then shown what someone with a good job looks like and where they live. Bet working A/C beats the hell out of a frame shack with no glass in the windows.

And, the people of Brookstown need to stand up. No one polices a neighborhood like the people who live there--especially when those people have had enough.

The Stupid Douche Award goes to.....

The highly overrated, ridiculously unattractive Gwyneth Paltrow, for this gem:

It is so different from the United States. It seemed to have a history, and the buildings are years and years and years old. Here in the United States an old building is about 17 (years old), and over there it's from 500 B.C., it's incredible

Wow....what a dumbass. 500 B.C., huh, Gwyneth...

Please, stay your ugly ass in Europe...we have enough anti-American clowns to deal with here.

Fatherhood does things to you....

And I used to be a serious hardass. Really hard...cold, even. Or, so I was told by more than one person, on more than one occasion.

Well, becoming "Daddy" has a way of taking the edge off, at least for me...and softening things. Tragic events were just things reported on the evening news and not things that provided bother, much less consideration. If it didn't impact my little schedule, it was hardly worth me giving any thought to, much less sympathy for people "I didn't even know."

Now, bad things happening to kids has become a serious bother for me. I mean, troubling and upsetting. A couple of months ago, I had a few things to say about a small boy, killed by a pair of dogs in Morganza, Louisiana. As that story went, it was an accident and probably very much a fluke of nature--still, completely and totally tragic for an entire community. Thinking of it hurt my soul, as I know how much my little man means to me. In a situation like that, you have to believe that God does such things for a reason, lest you go nuts being troubled by it.

The latest happening, in addition to being troubling and vexing, makes me fucking mad.

From The Advocate on Thursday, 1 July:

A 3-year-old girl died Wednesday after being left inside a day-care
center van parked in an uncovered driveway for almost six hours.

I first heard the story on the radio and was troubled immediately just by the scant information given in the initial reports. Adding to the somewhat nauseating feeling it gave me, knowing that I passed by that place, as this was happening, gave me that feeling you get right before your skin gets a little clammy. Troubling. Very, very troubling.

The more information revealed, the more troubling I found the whole episode and the angrier I found myself becoming. I'm not even going to get into the details...you can read it for yourself. So, now I'm sad AND angry...and then someone calls into WJBO yesterday morning, suggesting that perhaps there should be some sympathy for the daycare workers because of this accident as they're going to have to live with this for the rest of their lives.

How about you have some sympathy for them--I actually would like to see them burnt at the stake. All three of them that were in that van, that lost track of that little girl. I don't know what's going to come of the police investigation or what action District Attorney Hillar Moore may take. I do know that jail would certainly be too easy for anyone involved here.

Hard and cold may still have their applications.

Tell Your Senator That Cap and Trade Sucks

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You have the right to get MADD....

File this under advocacy groups who I'd like to see disappear (along with the AARP and NAACP...surprisingly, I find the ACLU more palatable the older I get).

During a story on some clown who's been arrested for DWI five times, WBRZ (who purports to be fair and balanced, but has a hard time balancing fair with their editorial bias) wrapped the story up with a quote from the executive director of MADD here in Louisiana. To paraphrase Ms. Donna Tate--I don't know how someone with five DWI arrests can still be driving...

Well, Donna, how about an arrest isn't a conviction. Let's start there. In fact, we can stop right there too. MADD are actually a bunch of people who don't give a rat's tail about your Constitutional or civil rights--all they care about is their agenda, which is pretty much saying that if you drink you're bad.

I'd pay money to see Ms. Tate to get gigged after leaving the bar room and blowing a 0.081.

Some sense from Southern U....

As reported in The Advocate:

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/47970706.html?showAll=y&c=y

With the state facing some serious money issues, and our constitution being what is, higher education and health care are about the only two places to make budget cuts. Of course, the educators are howling and the rich hospital administrator lobby is lying on the airwaves. EVERYONE hates having the tit pulled out from their mouth.

That being said, some of the powers that be at Southern University are speaking a truth that's been lost on the rest of the state--get rid of the administrators and keep the people who get the work done. In higher ed, this means faculty.

Granted, there will be some faculty cuts at Southern, but there is a recognition that it is administration that needs to be pruned.

This is a lesson that this state needs to take to heart....

Who's a Douche -- Collegiate Baseball Edition

Baseball is a cult in Baton Rouge. LSU Baseball, specifically (note the capital "B" in baseball). I really could give a rat's ass less what happens in other LSU sports--but I pay close attention to baseball.

One of the things that is a MAJOR draw for LSU baseball is the fact that, for as long as damn near anyone can remember, it's been a very classy group of young men. Year in and year out, the LSU baseball team has exhibited strong work ethic, great sportsmanship and, very regularly, a strong academic performance. On the field, they comport themselves VERY well -- winning or losing (case in point--during the LSU/Southern U. game at the beginning of this season's regional, the Southern starting pitcher put on a PERFORMANCE...he held LSU's batters at bay and kept the game really close. When Roger Cador decided to pull him, he got a round of applause from the stands AND the LSU dugout). Being a sport is just expected.

Enter this week's douche, Todd Oakes. Todd is the pitching coach for Minnesota and his little boy was a senior pitcher for the club this year. Apparently, nepotism is no big deal in the frigid north.

After a particularly bad call during the LSU/Minnesota final of the Baton Rouge regional, the Minnesota bench got their panties knotted up and started giving the umpire crew a hard time. Out goes the younger Oakes. Hey...it was a REALLY bad call--no one doubted that at all, and you're entitled to make a little issue of it. But know when to say "when," and get on with the game...and certainly...CERTAINLY...don't hold that grudge past the close of the inning.

So, we're down one Oakes (who was apparently going to make his last pitching appearance before being shown the door) and be damned if several innings later, while Minnesota is getting ass-raped, Daddy Oakes decides to give the home plate umpire the what-for for the bad call three or four innings ago. Apparently the douche doesn't fall far from the vinegar bottle.

Out goes the elder Oakes.

Unbelievable.

Dear Minnesota Baseball--next time you come to play in a BR regional, please have your A game on--on the field and from the dugout. If there's anything we don't appreciate on our diamond, it's a display of classlessness.

(Photo of Mr. Oakes linked from the Minnesota Athletics website)