Saturday, June 28, 2014

HOPE: Our New Squirrel

A very busy day: After expressing his outrage in Lake Harriet, Minnesota about the phony scandals drummed up by the do-nothing Republicans:

lake harriet band shelter econ speechThe Erler family enjoys Big Guy’s message of HOPE at the Lake Harriet Band Shell

lake harriet band shelter econ speechNote, little Joey brought his squirrel in case BO forgot to bring his own (he didn’t)

BO returned to D.C. to have dinner at BLT Steak with MO and Sasha

sasha smile

before attending the Marine Barracks Parade last evening.

bo mo marine barracks parade

Whew! What a day!

HOPE tweet

Yeah, that’s it: stay hopeful, America.

empty chair

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Friday, June 27, 2014

Bead-Dazzlers for Replicants

Today’s reflection: jewelry

Specifically, what does your neck jewelry say about you?

I know there are still a lot of disturbing things going on, butt don’t worry, Big Guy is still out there “working for you” “every day” despite all of those “phony scandals” “geared towards winning elections or ginning up a base.” So if he can take some time off to golf, we can take some time off to discuss bling.

Besides, BHO has made it perfectly clear that we need to lighten up. So, since it’s Friday, it’s summer and this is a fashion blog let’s talk about necklaces. I’ve noticed that liberal women tend to favor big beads and pearl necklaces:

From their Congresswomen,

dem congresswomen necklaces

To their Senators,

dem congresswomen

First Ladies,

dem flotus

State Department spokesmouths:

dem state spokesmouths

and even their Womyn’s Reproductive Rights spokesmouths:

fluke necklace

They all favor the beaded, choker style necklace. What is it, do you suppose? A secret Fem-Dem sorority symbol that you find out about only after someone opens those trap doors for you? A talisman of some sort? A discreet way to carry your prayer beads?

Or is it simply a product of liberal mind melding?  You know, the sheeple phenomenon?

obama sheep

I suppose we could blame Jackie for these fashion replicants,

i blame jackie

Butt I blame Obama:

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Oh my! Look at the time! I’ve got to run.

Nancy Pelosi ohmylookat the timeI need another facelift

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

A shining city on the hill, or the proverbial end of the line? Just asking.

It’s like the The Never Ending Story meets the Bad News Bears: the VA implosion, the implosion of Iraq, the implosion at the border, the implosion of IRS computer hard drives (along with the EPA’s) and now, the implosion of the economy. And that’s just in the past month!

implosion…a giant sucking sound

Imagine how you’d feel if you were president and had to find out about all of this when you tuned into the evening news. Without so much as a heads up before another disaster strikes it’s hard to “frame the discussion” properly. Which is to say, it’s hard to effectively shift the blame away from yourself and back onto your predecessor (as an aside: read about how Bush is now officially the longest serving U.S. President in history, edging FDR out by 2 full terms).

Butt with things going from bad to worse in Iraq, even Big Guy would rather focus on the lame economy:

Remember when in January 2014, Q1 GDP was expected to rise 2.6%? Well, here comes the final Q1 GDP revision and it's a doozy: at -2.9%, far below the -1.8% expected and well below the -1.0% second revision, it is an absolute disaster, and is the worst print since Q1 2009.

I’m not sure how anyone could be surprised that the country experienced negative growth (i.e. “honey, I’ve shrunk the economy!”) in the first quarter.

I mean, what else can you expect when 93 million Americans have dropped out of the workforce resulting in the lowest labor participation rate since Jimmy Carter, another 11 million have somehow joined the ranks of the sick, lame and lazy, and 46 million Americans are on food stamps.

Wow! If this is a recovery, Detroit is a boom town.

detroit_hudsonwallfallBOOM! Implosion of the old Hudsons store, in the middle of downtown Detroit.

NOTE: demolished, 1998, site still vacant today

 

DetroitRuinofCityDetroit: what do you see? The shining city on the hill, or the proverbial end of the line?

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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

If you must whine, at least whine like a girl.

Question: What’s the difference between fine wine,

P43903-10a.jpgLaura poses with India the cat

and a fine whiner?

mo and grumpy cat bangsGrumpy Cat get’s her bangs on

Answer: one enhances anything it is served with, the other, well, what’s the opposite of “enhances”?

Laura Bush: 

In a sneak-peek for a special “First Ladies” interview with C-SPAN, former First Lady Laura Bush responds to a question about whether or not the president’s spouse should get a salary. She replies that she doesn’t “think so,” because “there are plenty of perks.”

Lady M:

About life in the White House: “Don’t ask! It’s hell. I can’t stand it!”

About a 9-11 ceremony: “All this for a damn flag?”

About her job as FLOTUS:  “it’s a really nice prison.” (and, she doesn’t get paid for it!)

So, as the world burns and our stomachs churn, BO holds a “Working Family Summit,” and has lunch at Chipotle with a hand selected diverse group of people concerned about such things. Meanwhile, Lady M lectures us on why we need a female president “as soon as possible” because “this country is ready for anyone who can do the job."

Well yes; I suppose after five and a half years, having “anyone who can do the job” would be refreshing, wouldn’t it?

Anyway, I wonder if Lady M has any woman particular in mind for president, or if any “female” would fill the bill.

Sarah Palin's Alaska Episode 04

I’m guessing the answers are “yes” and “no.” What do you think?

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Team Organizing For America moves forward to the semi-finals

Today’s Reflection:

Proof that there’s only room for one professional in any conversation with a liberal; and because you can never hear enough from a member of the State Department’s Junior Varsity team:

Megyn Kelly Hammers Spokeswoman Marie Harf on 'Devastating' #ISIS Threat in #Iraq.

Or, as Donald Douglas on American Power put it:

With Marie Harf and Jen Psaki who worked as Obama for America campaign staffers in 2012, you've basically got a couple of ditsy sorority pledges who've got no business speaking on behalf of the United States government.

 

State Department Junior Varsity Team: Jen Psaki* and Marie Harf

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State Department Varsity Team: Kerry and Hillary

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Butt, what difference at this point does it make?

h/t Doug Ross

* Psaki, pronounced, I’ve been told, “Piss-aki”

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Monday, June 23, 2014

It’s Only Monday and I’m Already Down So Low It Looks Like Up To Me

Today’s Reflection:

If you can explain this in one sentence, consider it a caption contest. If you need a few more paragraphs, feel free to elaborate; I’m certain America will appreciate any insight you can bring.

Here’s Lady M, with the sons Big Guy never had. They don’t call her “Hoochie Mama” for nothin’ you know.

Michelle Obama Michelle Obama Harvests Crops Iv8PqjVv3rPl#BringBackThe“Girls” -

Because who would use hashtags for propaganda?

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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Obama in 3D: Even Better Than the Real Thing

Another first, from LivingScience:

3d-printed-obama-bust

To his list of firsts, Barack Obama can add that he was the first U.S. President to have himself scanned and 3D printed.

Obama's 3D-printed bust and mold of his face were on display Wednesday (June 18) at the first-ever White House Maker Faire, a celebration of students and entrepreneurs who are using technology to create new products and businesses, according to the Smithsonian Institution.

Unfortunately the 3D version of our first Black President appears to be all white, obviously a racist right wing plot. It did seem to accurately capture his likeness otherwise, right down to the thin skin.

In other news, Big Guy awarded Retired Marine Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony.

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All I can say is this is a better look than she sported for the posthumous MOH ceremony for  U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti,

jared monti

butt maybe you can add your thoughts.

Finally, Raj ordered me a 3D printer and android app, so pretty soon I’ll be able to print my own endless supply if 3D Big Guys. The app does have some drawbacks; for example, just like Big Guy himself, it takes forever to actually complete the job and the final product is exceptionally small. small bo

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Friday, June 20, 2014

Iraq: Further Down the Rabbit Hole of Unknown Unknows

 

alice in wonderland

Random thoughts on Big Guy’s random thoughts on Iraq:

We have had advisors in Iraq through our embassy, and we're prepared to send a small number of additional American military advisers -- up to 300 -- to assess how we can best train, advise and support Iraqi security forces going forward.

Three words: John Fitzgerald Kennedy. ‘Nuff said.

Iran can play a constructive role if it's helping to send the same message to the Iraqi government that we are sending, which is that Iraq only holds together if it's inclusive and if the interests of Sunni, Shia and Kurd are all respected...

Which of course makes as much sense as expecting Hanoi to “send the same message” to Saigon as we were sending them.

And going forward, we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it.

Didn’t we try that once before?

Above all, Iraqi leaders must rise above their differences and come together around a political plan for Iraq’s future. 

I wonder if that applies to the American people as well?

…it's clear that only leaders who can govern with an inclusive agenda will truly bring the Iraqi people together.

Ditto, my comment above.

In related news: ISIS seizes Saddam-era chemical weapons complex. Wait, what? I thought there were no weapons of mass destruction. Didn’t Ms. Megyn just inform the real Dick Cheney the other night that he was wrong about that, as well as everything else? You don’t suppose Dick Cheney was right all along and we just never located the WMD do you? Oh well, what difference, at this point, does it make?

And finally, a curious gesture has emerging among ISIS terrorists; they’ve adopted an American Sports expression, generally reserved for champions: WE’RE NUMBER 1!

isis terrorist we're#1Just when you think things can’t possibly get any odder, they suddenly get even curiouser and curiouser.

Spider holes, rabbit holes: again, I ask, what difference at this point does it make?

AliceInWonderland-DownTheRabbitHole-011

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. – Donald Rumsfeld

Unfortunately for Barack Hussein Obama, we’ve blown through the known knows, the known unknowns and now we’re up to the unknown unknowns.

What I Am: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

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