Be careful!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
What the Hay?
Goes Topless to Stop Kid From Driving His "all-terrain vehicle"
Marika De Florio is using her bare breasts to win a feud with her neighbours. The 56-year-old says she is sick and tired of her neighbours’ five-year-old grandson driving a loud all-terrain vehicle for hours on her quiet Seeley’s Bay street. She has found a solution.
De Florio has discovered that if she goes out topless, to the horror of the boy’s grandparents, they will take the child into the house. “It is maddening,” she said of the noise. “I’m going mental. I can’t breathe and I’m not moving, but I need some peace. I can’t believe I did this, but they pulled the kid inside and then called police because of their small-town mentality.”
De Florio said she will continue to go topless every time the child rides the ATV. She is not breaking the law, because in Canada women are allowed to be topless.
De Florio has discovered that if she goes out topless, to the horror of the boy’s grandparents, they will take the child into the house. “It is maddening,” she said of the noise. “I’m going mental. I can’t breathe and I’m not moving, but I need some peace. I can’t believe I did this, but they pulled the kid inside and then called police because of their small-town mentality.”
De Florio said she will continue to go topless every time the child rides the ATV. She is not breaking the law, because in Canada women are allowed to be topless.
Monday, June 28, 2010
It's Off to Work We Go!
Robert Byrd 1917 - 2010
He showed up at a West Virginia race track to attend, meet with, Vietnam Veterans, including myself, when we launched a major fund raiser to help pay legal fees in the lawsuit against the Nixon Administration for impounding $25 Million Dollars in Veterans Assistance money approved by the Congress. He had stories to tell, was a person who took the veteran who served in Nam seriously and showed us respect. He was, all his life, an American who loved his country. I was there. I met him. He helped us win the lawsuit and the court forced Nixon to release the money for Veterans Cost-of-Instruction, a bill to help vets on campuses throughout the U.S. God loves you Mr Byrd!
Robert Carlyle Byrd (November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was the senior United States Senator from West Virginia, and a member and former Senate Leader of the Democratic Party. Byrd was a Senator from January 3, 1959, until his death, and was the longest-serving Senator as well as the longest-serving member in congressional history.
He was the Dean of the Senate from 2003 to 2010. He was also the oldest current member of the Congress, and was the first person to serve uninterrupted for half a century as a U.S. senator.
WIKI
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Sunday Morning
"Death cancels everything but truth; and strips a man of everything but genius and virtue. It is a sort of natural canonization. It makes the meanest of us sacred --it installs the poet in his immortality, and lifts him to the skies. Death is the greatest assayer of the sterling ore of talent. At his touch the dropsy particles fall off, the irritable, the personal, the gross, and mingle with the dust --the finer and more ethereal part mounts with winged spirit to watch over our latest memory, and protect our bones from insult. We consign the least worthy qualities to oblivion, and cherish the nobler and imperishable nature with double pride and fondness."
William Hazlitt
Saturday, June 26, 2010
The Kissing Nurse Dies
Edith Shane
R I P
In one of the most memorable photographs from World War Two, Edith Shane, the kissing nurse, died last Sunday at the age of 91. The picture, taken in Times Square on V-J Day after the Japanese surrender, appeared on the cover of Life Magazine.
Voices Heard This Past Week
I was prompted to post the victory comments of the US Soccer Team beating the Algier team because that story had numerous comments, but today the USA lost to Ghana and are out of the World Cup competition. So next on the list of most comments are a variety of stories pertaining to the President firing General Stanley McChrystal. The latest story is below the image of President Obama, the comments follow.
"Let's Go Big Team Let's Go!"
"The president asked him about the article," said a senior administration official, referring to a Rolling Stone magazine article containing comments from McChrystal and his staff that appear to mock top civilian officials, including the vice president.
"He [McChrystal] tried to explain the situation," the official said.
That senior administration official, who briefed reporters, gave this backstory:
Once Obama accepted McChrystal's resignation, he wasted no time finding his replacement. After McChrystal walked out of the White House following his 30 minute face-to-face meeting with the president, the president immediately huddled with a team of advisors to decide who would replace McChrystal
CNN
BajaJohn
Many General's live for the opportunity to be in charge of combat operations. Gen. Petraeus may be one of those generals. He will do fine in his new assignment against an aggressive enemy that is hell bent on destroying personal and political freedom.
OldEnough2No
The president expressed "regret" and "sorrow", saying that, "this was a sad day," -- my cow died so I don't need his bull anymore!
I guess you didn't read when the story 1st broke. One of the topics was how this was a reduction in responsibility. That being said, Afghanistan is where the action is. If McChrystal never open his yapper this would never have happened. 1st thing you learn in the military is crap roles downhill. If he had issue with Obama he should have discussed it with his superiors and his superiors only. When it comes down to it, Obama is in charge, if didn't like what was going on he should of resigned his position or sucked it up.
Aloisae
What negative comments did General McChrystal himself make about the Commander in Chief?
The article was definitely negative and critical and reflected poorly on the Afghanistan strategy and various officers/officials involved. However, there were no comments critical of the President attributed to the General himself quoted in the article. In fact, the only two quotes in the entire article taken from "several lengthy interviews" between the General and journalist were very restrained.
Obviously, at least in hind sight, agreeing to allow the journalist (especially one with admitted anti-war views) such extensive access to his staff was extremely poor judgment on the part of the General. However, interestingly enough, Hastings still has military access and is currently embedded with troops in Afghanistan (which I assume requires military approval) which makes me wonder if the decision to give him access wasn't made by somebody else. Or perhaps you are right in your speculation that the General realized that any article written by Hastings in which he took part or allowed his staff to participate in would end up forcing his retirement.
Friday, June 25, 2010
T G I F
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Hope So . . .
Resign: See Code Below the Image of McChrystal
Article 88 of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice:
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Emotional Piece of Art
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Canned Bacon, Fully Cooked
Each can is 9 ounces of fully cooked and drained bacon. Between 2-3/4 and 3-1/4 pounds of raw bacon go into each can. Each can is the highest quality fresh #1 bacon slices. Cured to our specifications, cooked and then hand wrapped, rolled and packed in the U.S.
We cook this bacon down for you prior to canning, so you won’t pay for all of the natural shrinkage that occurs whenever you cook bacon. Then we carefully drain all of the fat and liquid off and can it fresh so it will taste as good out of the can as it would right out of the refrigerator.
100% U.S. bacon!!
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