AP at its level best.

From the article;
Based on the interviews with rig workers, none of those safeguards worked.

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Associated Press writers Cain Burdeau, Vicki Smith and Ray Henry in Louisiana, Jeff Donn in Boston, Michael Graczyk in Houston and Noaki Schwartz in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

Apparently these AP writers aint smart enough to figger it out that the safeguards didn't work.

Denny, some how you got the joke wrong

Approximately 80,000 Democrats meet in the Washington D.C. as Barry Soetoro prepared to introduce his pick to head the IRS.

The Won says, "We are all here today to prove to the world that democrats are not stupid. Would Mr. Geither please come forward?"

Tim gingerly makes his way through the crowd and steps up to the stage.

The Won asks him, "What is 15 plus 15?"

After 15 or 20 seconds Tim says, "Eighteen!"

Obviously everyone is a little disappointed. Then all of the 80,000 democrats start cheering, "Give him another chance! Give him another chance!"

The Kenyan next says, "Well since we've gone to the trouble of getting 80,000 of you in one place and we have the world-wide press and global broadcast media here, gee, uh, I guess we can give uh, him another chance ." So he asks, "What is 5 plus 5?".

After nearly 30 seconds Geither eventually says, "Ninety?"

Barry the ball less is quite perplexed, looks down and just lets out a dejected sigh

-- everyone is disheartened, Tim starts crying and the 80,000 democrats begin to yell and wave their hands shouting, "GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!"

The illegal imigrant leader, unsure whether or not he is doing more harm than good, eventually says, "Ok! Ok! Just one more chance -- What is 2 plus 2?".

The Geither closes his eyes, and after a whole minute eventually says, "Four?"

Throughout the stadium pandemonium breaks out as all 80,000 democrats jump to their feet, wave their arms, stomp their feet and scream... " GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE! GIVE HIM ANOTHER CHANCE!"

I know, Denny, you're gonna say thats how it was in hte e-mail yo ugot, but you needed a blonde joke, not a democrap joke. Sigh.

Russia frees pirates?

Rumors are that the Ruskies set them adrift in a damaged boat without weapons food water or navigational aids. I sincerely hope that is true, or at minimm, give them a boat with defective oil for the motor.
If the Russians let these guys off scott free, it is the last hope lost for a workable solution in that region.
I like ho in hte article, it says aleged pirates. Ha! AP at its level best, supporting criminals and anti American types the world over.

Some things are worth being proud of

There's a feeling comes a-stealing,
And it sets my brain a-reeling,
When I'm listening to the music of a military band.
Any tune like "Yankee Doodle"
Simply sets me off my noodle,
It's that patriotic something that no one can understand.
"Way down south, in the land of cotton,"
Melody untiring,
Ain't that inspiring?
Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll join the jubilee!
And that's going some, for the Yankees, by gum!
Red, white and blue, I am for you!
Honest, you're a grand old flag!

I'm no cranky hanky panky,
I'm a dead square, honest Yankee,
And I'm mighty proud of that old flag
That flies for Uncle Sam.
Though I don't believe in raving
Ev'ry time I see it waving,
There's a chill runs up my back that makes me glad I'm what I am.
Here's a land with a million soldiers,
That's if we should need 'em,
We'll fight for freedom!
Hurrah! Hurrah! For every Yankee tar
And old G.A.R.
Ev'ry stripe, ev'ry star.
Red, white and blue,
Hats off to you
Honest, you're a grand old flag!

Chorus

You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.
Ev'ry heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
But should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

From George Washington Jr. by George M Cohan

May the vice principal at Live Oak High In Morgan Hill be forever shamed by his failure to show pride in our flag.
Jesus said to his followers that who ever admitted him on earth, he would admit in heaven, and whom ever denied him on earth he would also deny in heaven. So also it should be with our flag, the symbol of this great nation.

Warning, redneck Joke

Did you hear about the redneck who dated a girl that stuttered?
By the time she explained that she wasn't that kind of girl, she was.

Soviet Forces free ship

Alleged pirates in custody. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackass claiming this is racial profiling, and it is yet another case of BWB, boating while black.
In all honesty, I am glad the Russians took positive action. On hte down side, none of the pirates were killed. On the positive side, they will be tried in a Soviet Court, and hopefully get a bullet in the back of the head while they are penning their appeal.
Personally, I think the soviets should air drop them back on Mogadishu. Fasten a 50 kg weight to their necks, and a streamer to their feet so they fall face first. For extra points, sew them into the carcass of a pig.

Survived the vacation

We had our annual sibling turkey hunt this past weekend in the Black Hills. Not much to report, as usual, we missed the good weekends and planned this again for the weekend with bad weather. I arrived in Hot Springs to snow. No accumulation, but the accompanying wind kept the birds in the trees.
Last year I arrived to very nice weather, got the gear out, loaded up and went to calling. fifteen minutes in, I had a nice gobbler strutting about 120 yards out when a cold front passed through, and the birds all went back up into the trees. After six consecutive hunts like this, I was so sure how it would go I did not bother to get a tag, and left my shotgun at home.
I snapped a couple of interesting pics on the way back.


These were taken somewhere east of Alliance Nebraska along Neb 2. My tag line is that this is Nebraska Air and their two flights daily between Omaha and Alliance. There were actually three aircraft on cars, but I only got two pics.