Rush Limbaugh, who is a qualified expert on the subject because he owns a beach house and you don't, has a message for you tree hugging bug loving hippie freak commie pinkos who somehow got it into your silly little heads that oil spills are bad.
He says the oil spill is good news, mainly because people will stop going to the beach he has a house on, and because the sea turtles are smart enough to go lay their eggs on another beach.
But he's still blaming Obama for it. So yeah, crisis averted - so we're cool right?
So yesterday, state Representative Debbie Riddle stood up Trey Martinez-Fischer for the big CNN prom. Nobody is more disappointed about that than...well, all the people who don't share Riddle's views. This was set to be Martinez-Fischer's big moment in the sun, since strategically, all he would have had to do is STFU and let Riddle unwind her own wacko rope on National T.V. But alas, it was not to be; CNN notified TMF 10 minutes before airtime that Riddle had canceled.
Riddle blamed the CNN producer. Blaming the press has, in my experience, always been so very very effective.
Just as a reminder, this is THAT Debbie Riddle, the one who, upon consulting the way-back machine, I remembered saying the following in 2003:
"Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education, free medical care, free whatever? It comes from Moscow, from Russia....It's ripping the heart out of this country."
I've been known to launch a consumer rant or two over businesses when one was a big disappointment, so it's only fair that I issue kudos when kudos are due. In the case of Groovy Automotive in Austin, I'm more than happy to do so.
See, I drive an SUV. Mind you, there are "sport utility vehicles" which would be more aptly named "life support system for a child seat vehicle" or "mommy and daddy go to Ikea vehicle," and then there are SUVs which actually function as originally intended. Mine is a Toyota 4-Runner with full time 4 wheel drive, which I take off-pavement down some jeep trails in some relatively un-civilized areas of my neck of the woods on a regular basis. The high-clearance vehicle is equipped with what they call a skid plate, which basically protects the underside of the engine compartment from large evil rocks bouncing up and destroying trivial things such as the oil pan. Basically, the skid plate keeps one from becoming stranded in the desert, 28 miles from the nearest pavement, 45 miles from the nearest cell phone grid, and 32 miles from the nearest drinkable water. It's kind of important.
Over the years, my skid plate has been beaten to smithereens, which means that it works exactly as intended and that I'm very glad I invested in a skid plate. But one teensy problem: either Sears or Jiffy Lube (if I could figure out which, I'd be cussing them) loosened the bolts on the skid plate to change the oil filter, then forgot to tighten them back up. This, I noticed recently, created the serious possibility of the skid plate dropping from my vehicle onto the highway some day, and killing whoever happens to be following me at the time. Probably not an optimal outcome.
My first opportunity to do something about this was today at lunch, when I pulled into Groovy Automotive on Red River in Austin. The folks at Groovy not only got to the heart of the problem immediately and fixed it, but they did so very quickly, and within 10 minutes I was safely back on the road.
The best part: Groovy Automotive didn't charge me a dime.
So here's to Groovy Automotive - you guys rock!
You're a Baptist minister, a leader in the anti-gay movement. You have travel plans, but you've recently had surgery and claim that you can't carry your own luggage. What do you do?
A. postpone your trip until your recovery is complete.
B. go on the trip, hoping that a combination of cab drivers and bellhops can carry your luggage for you.
C. hire a male prostitute from rentboy.com "with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed hairless skin."
Houston pounded by Arizona
Despite trailing in early innings, the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Houston Astros 9-1 last night, in a game that featured Diamondback Chris Snyder hitting a 3-run homer, embarrassing the Astros at home before 20,370 fans.
Immediately after the game, the Arizona team reported that they started deportation proceedings against 7 "ambiguously Hispanic-looking" players on the Astros roster, as well as 7,392 fans who, according to Arizona team officials, "look pretty dad-gum iffy." In addition, Arizona officials had driven Astros infielder Kazuo Matsui halfway to the airport for a direct flight back to Japan before Matsui managed to dig his green card out of his wallet, and was subsequently released on the service lane of Interstate 45.
Perry calls oil spill "act of God"
Texas Governor Rick Perry in an interview yesterday characterized the BP drilling rig explosion and subsequent oil spill an "act of God," warning against those who might use the catastrophe to cease drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident killed 11 rig workers and threatens the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
"From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented," Perry told an audience at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.
Perry went on to list other things he believes to be acts of God, including when hundreds of thousands of children were cut from the Children's Health Insurance program in Texas in 2003, Texans suffering under the highest homeowners insurance rates in the nation, and tuition rates at Texas' colleges and universities skyrocketing under Perry's tenure as Governor.
Asked to similarly characterize recent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tornados, and draughts across the globe, Perry said they were "acts of Obama."
Despite repeated attempts, God could not be reached for reaction regarding Governor Perry's defense of an oil company by blaming him.
Now, just as a formality, we'd like to first ask that you not do this.
Read more...
Rush Limbaugh, who is a qualified expert on the subject because he owns a beach house and you don't, has a message for you tree hugging bug loving hippie freak commie pinkos who somehow got it into your silly little heads that oil spills are bad.
He says the oil spill is good news, mainly because people will stop going to the beach he has a house on, and because the sea turtles are smart enough to go lay their eggs on another beach.
But he's still blaming Obama for it. So yeah, crisis averted - so we're cool right?
So yesterday, state Representative Debbie Riddle stood up Trey Martinez-Fischer for the big CNN prom. Nobody is more disappointed about that than...well, all the people who don't share Riddle's views. This was set to be Martinez-Fischer's big moment in the sun, since strategically, all he would have had to do is STFU and let Riddle unwind her own wacko rope on National T.V. But alas, it was not to be; CNN notified TMF 10 minutes before airtime that Riddle had canceled.
Riddle blamed the CNN producer. Blaming the press has, in my experience, always been so very very effective.
Just as a reminder, this is THAT Debbie Riddle, the one who, upon consulting the way-back machine, I remembered saying the following in 2003:
"Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education, free medical care, free whatever? It comes from Moscow, from Russia....It's ripping the heart out of this country."
I've been known to launch a consumer rant or two over businesses when one was a big disappointment, so it's only fair that I issue kudos when kudos are due. In the case of Groovy Automotive in Austin, I'm more than happy to do so.
See, I drive an SUV. Mind you, there are "sport utility vehicles" which would be more aptly named "life support system for a child seat vehicle" or "mommy and daddy go to Ikea vehicle," and then there are SUVs which actually function as originally intended. Mine is a Toyota 4-Runner with full time 4 wheel drive, which I take off-pavement down some jeep trails in some relatively un-civilized areas of my neck of the woods on a regular basis. The high-clearance vehicle is equipped with what they call a skid plate, which basically protects the underside of the engine compartment from large evil rocks bouncing up and destroying trivial things such as the oil pan. Basically, the skid plate keeps one from becoming stranded in the desert, 28 miles from the nearest pavement, 45 miles from the nearest cell phone grid, and 32 miles from the nearest drinkable water. It's kind of important.
Over the years, my skid plate has been beaten to smithereens, which means that it works exactly as intended and that I'm very glad I invested in a skid plate. But one teensy problem: either Sears or Jiffy Lube (if I could figure out which, I'd be cussing them) loosened the bolts on the skid plate to change the oil filter, then forgot to tighten them back up. This, I noticed recently, created the serious possibility of the skid plate dropping from my vehicle onto the highway some day, and killing whoever happens to be following me at the time. Probably not an optimal outcome.
My first opportunity to do something about this was today at lunch, when I pulled into Groovy Automotive on Red River in Austin. The folks at Groovy not only got to the heart of the problem immediately and fixed it, but they did so very quickly, and within 10 minutes I was safely back on the road.
The best part: Groovy Automotive didn't charge me a dime.
So here's to Groovy Automotive - you guys rock!
You're a Baptist minister, a leader in the anti-gay movement. You have travel plans, but you've recently had surgery and claim that you can't carry your own luggage. What do you do?
A. postpone your trip until your recovery is complete.
B. go on the trip, hoping that a combination of cab drivers and bellhops can carry your luggage for you.
C. hire a male prostitute from rentboy.com "with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed hairless skin."
Houston pounded by Arizona
Despite trailing in early innings, the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Houston Astros 9-1 last night, in a game that featured Diamondback Chris Snyder hitting a 3-run homer, embarrassing the Astros at home before 20,370 fans.
Immediately after the game, the Arizona team reported that they started deportation proceedings against 7 "ambiguously Hispanic-looking" players on the Astros roster, as well as 7,392 fans who, according to Arizona team officials, "look pretty dad-gum iffy." In addition, Arizona officials had driven Astros infielder Kazuo Matsui halfway to the airport for a direct flight back to Japan before Matsui managed to dig his green card out of his wallet, and was subsequently released on the service lane of Interstate 45.
Perry calls oil spill "act of God"
Texas Governor Rick Perry in an interview yesterday characterized the BP drilling rig explosion and subsequent oil spill an "act of God," warning against those who might use the catastrophe to cease drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident killed 11 rig workers and threatens the coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
"From time to time there are going to be things that occur that are acts of God that cannot be prevented," Perry told an audience at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C.
Perry went on to list other things he believes to be acts of God, including when hundreds of thousands of children were cut from the Children's Health Insurance program in Texas in 2003, Texans suffering under the highest homeowners insurance rates in the nation, and tuition rates at Texas' colleges and universities skyrocketing under Perry's tenure as Governor.
Asked to similarly characterize recent earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tornados, and draughts across the globe, Perry said they were "acts of Obama."
Despite repeated attempts, God could not be reached for reaction regarding Governor Perry's defense of an oil company by blaming him.
Now, just as a formality, we'd like to first ask that you not do this.
Read more...
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