Archive for the 'Christmas' Category

Paranoia strikes deep - right thru the tin foil

Posted on January 8, 2008 - Filed Under voter fraud, Christmas, Mike Huckabee, general nonsense | Leave a Comment

I guess when someone is paranoid their ability to understand parody goes out the window like smoke. I had always heard that smoking dope makes you dopey and paranoid.
Next I suspect they will accuse me of tampering with the Diebolds and giving half of Paul’s votes to Hillary. In actuality, I gave them […]

blogging on the road again

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Christmas, Travelling | Leave a Comment

Vicky (my other half) and I have spent the past week helping her son’s family prepare to move from Wichita, KS to Denver. Christmas morning saw the presents opened (mostly by the 7 and 10 year olds) and then about an hour later the Tree and ornaments were in a box.
The 26th the two […]

SPACE RACE: Rocket launched; carries satellite to guide weapons…

Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under Media Bias, Christmas, War on Terror, World politics, Travelling, National Politics | Leave a Comment

That headline is Drudge’s. It leads to a story about a satellite that was launched to replace an existing GPS satellite.
I know, Drudge gets more traffic if the headlines attract attention but this one is deceptive and misleading. Space Race? Hardly. It is part of an ongoing program to replace all the old […]

Holiday travel - what a difference a day makes

Posted on December 22, 2007 - Filed Under Christmas, Travelling, Global Warming | Leave a Comment

Yesterday, 12/21 we flew from Raleigh Durham to Kansas City and then drove from KC to Wichita.
I Carried my jacket, rolled up my shirt sleeves and enjoyed the nice weather. Smooth flight, the light rain that had hit Raleigh backed off just before we loaded the plane (one of those scale model versions of […]

Huckabee’s Floating Cross - hot search

Posted on December 19, 2007 - Filed Under Mike Huckabee, Christmas, Presidential Primary, New Hampshire, North Carolina, National Politics | Leave a Comment

judging the hits to my piece on the Huckabee floating cross Christmas ad, there has been a ton of people googling the topic.
Love the traffic!

Posted on December 18, 2007 - Filed Under Democrats, Christmas, McIntyre, Will Breazeale, North Carolina, Taxes, National Politics | 1 Comment

Mike McIntyre is a Blue Dog Democrat.
The Blue Dogs are balking at fixing the Alternative Minimum Tax that will pick the pockets of middle class taxpayers unless Congress sends the fix to the President for his signature. Read Don Surber’s take on this.
The say they are being Fiscally Conservative by demanding a new tax […]

Toys for Tots - Lead paint

Posted on December 18, 2007 - Filed Under Christmas, Marines | Leave a Comment

Big story today on Fox News about the difficult task the Marines have in sorting through the piles of donated toys trying to find any that have been recalled.
They have a multi page list from the CPSC and have use that to catch the offending tots. (I have my own opinion on the whole lead […]

Huckabee floating “Cross”?

Posted on December 18, 2007 - Filed Under Democrats, positive values, Mike Huckabee, Christmas, Jesus Christ, Media Bias, Legislators, North Carolina, Immigration, New Hampshire, Hillary, Presidential Primary, National Politics | Leave a Comment

The Drudge report found the most reportable thing about this Huckabee Christmas Greeting was the way the bookshelves which obviously form a cross “float” behind him. His message is clear and the producer of the video creating a moving back ground gives it a nice touch. That there is a white cross in that background […]