Awesome
Posted by seed @ 4:02 PM
Collins Motorsports and Team Mopar® Double Up with SNORE Mint 400 Triumph
Man, if I remembered the race was this weekend I would have made plans. Crap! (Of course, it would not be a complete post without the presence of the The Mint 400 Girls past and present. Sadly, it seems the race has lost some of its charm.
Today's drive-by: tax history
Posted by seed @ 11:53 AM
Heritage.org: Federal Revenue and Spending Budget Chart Book
It's easy to learn with pictures. And, it will make you think twice about the campaign bullshit that is flying on the Democratic side of the fence, Re: Iraq spending, Tax-cuts for the rich (such bullshit it gets two links), how we can pay for everything, as long as we stop spending cash on our military, and how the dems are gonna change Washington.
Tomorrow's drive-by, today
Posted by seed @ 6:25 PM
It's not math if there are slidey-things.
Posted by Savage Henry @ 1:31 PM
Just thought I'd take a second to point out Slate's delegate calculator. It's a cute tool for those of you interested in how the delegate counts are driven by vote share in the Dem race for the prize.
That said, the big upshot is in the text above the calculator: "As of now, [Hillary] would need to win each remaining state by 28 points to catch Obama in pledged delegates."
Not going to happen. Hillary's bouncing in and out of double-digit leads on the Big BO here in the Keystone State. Barring a complete meltdown from B(lithely)O(bfuscating), Hil can't more than double her lead in under a month. Outside PA, things only get worse.
I still stick to my guns on the superdelegate thing, though. I still give Hil an even 50-50 on being the nominee after she and The Fomerly Black President squeeze the bejeezus out of the Dem party operators to get superdelegates to vote "their conscience".
No, it's the lie that's a lie
Posted by seed @ 3:30 PM
CNN: Clinton says she 'misspoke' about sniper fire.
She said when she arrived in Bosnia on March 25, 1996, "I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."
But news video footage of her arrival at Tuzla shows Clinton, then the first lady, calmly walking from the rear ramp of a U.S. Air Force plane with her daughter, Chelsea, then 16, at her side. Both Clintons held their heads up and did not appear rushed.
The video shows Clinton spending several minutes talking with the group, including an 8-year-old Bosnian girl who presented her with a poem, and later greeting U.S. troops.
Tell me again what part of her speech was a misspeak? Was in the type of fire that she was under? Was it the country she was in? Was it the year? Those would all be misspeaks. Oh, I've got it now, the misspeak was the false implication that the statement "landing under sniper fire" makes. Which makes it a lie.
That's what I thought.
and that's a dodge...
Posted by seed @ 5:21 PM
This.
Does he (Obama) not see the moral difference between the occasional private expression of the prejudices of one's time and the use of a public stage to spread racial lies and race hatred?
Krauthammer tees up Obama's thoughts on race. When you cannot provide an answer, just change the question. Try telling your wife, after being caught in an affair, that adultery is a product of social consequence - we should all feel responsible. The man from fantasy island is shoveling as fast as he can.
Which is worse?
Posted by Savage Henry @ 3:13 PM
That Barack Obama, the Hope of the Left, is ignorant of basic dates for one of the most important events in modern history:
"This war has now lasted longer than World War I, World War II or the Civil War," Sen. Barack Obama said in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
...or that the writer of the article didn't feel it necessary to note the horrendous error (let's hope the writer even noticed)?
For clarity: even if you choose to ignore German aggression and date the war to 1939, when Britain and France support Poland, the second world war lasted until September 1945. That was -- count with me, since I didn't promise there would be no math -- 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945. If you go from September to September, I'm counting, just roughly of course, SEVEN years. Even with New Math, I think that's more than five for the Iraq "war".
[Editorial Aside: I have problems with everyone always talking about the ongoing "Iraq War". Full war stance was over pretty soon after it started. What we have is an occupation. We occupied Germany and Japan long after WWII "ended". But no one likes to think we're occupying anything, so the Right won't say it, and the Left needs it to still be War so they can go on talking about how War is Always and Everywhere a Bad Thing. Calling it something else doesn't make it less of an occupation. End Aside.]
A seemingly shifting un-shifting position
Posted by seed @ 1:59 PM
Consider the convenient memory afforded to Obama lifted. All the following is quoted, respectfully, from CommentaryMagazine.
Saddam Hussein had "repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted nuclear capacity," and that he "butchers his own people," Obama nevertheless held that, despite all these well-proven crimes, Saddam posed no "imminent and direct threat to the United States or to his neighbors." What is more, he added, "I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a U.S. occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences.
Chicago on October 2, 2002
There's not that much difference between my position and George Bush's position at this stage.
Chicago Tribune in July 2004
... even though Bush had "bungled his handling of the war," simply pulling out of Iraq "would make things worse." ... He himself would be willing to send more soldiers to Iraq if it is part of a strategy that the President and military leaders believe will stabilize the country and eventually allow America to withdraw.
September 2004
Once the decision was made, then we've got to do everything we can to stabilize the country, to make it successful, because we'll have too much at stake in the Middle East. And that's the position that I continue to take.
November 2004
Obama also re-stated his belief that, having gone in, we had an obligation to "manage our exit in a responsible way--with the hope of leaving a stable foundation for the future, but at the very least taking care not to plunge the country into an even deeper and, perhaps, irreparable crisis."
Novermber 2005
...we need to focus our attention on how to reduce the U.S. military footprint in Iraq. Notice that I say 'reduce,' and not 'fully withdraw.'" ... "we have a role to play in stabilizing the country as Iraqis are getting their act together."
January 2006
We cannot, through putting in more troops or maintaining the presence that we have, expect that somehow the situation is going to improve."
October 22, 2006
Obama declared he saw nothing in the plan that would "make a significant dent in the sectarian violence that's taking place there." ... the surge strategy would "not prove to be one that changes the dynamics significantly."
January 10, 2007
...the moment had arrived to remove all of our combat troops "immediately." "Not in six months or one year--now."
May 2007
Much of that violence has been reduced because there was an agreement with tribes in Anbar province, Sunni tribes, who started to see, after the Democrats were elected in 2006, you know what?--the Americans may be leaving soon. And we are going to be left very vulnerable to the Shiites. We should start negotiating now.
January 2008
As commander-in-chief, I will always reserve the right to make sure that we are looking out for American interests. And if al Qaeda is forming a base in Iraq, then we will have to act in a way that secures the American homeland and our interests abroad. (Previously Obama had asserted categorically that, on his watch, no permanent American bases would be left in Iraq and that the few American troops remaining there would have only a very limited mission: to protect our embassy and our diplomatic corps and to engage in counterterrorism.)
February 2008
Those last two are astounding. Especially since the Anbar Awakening occurred before the 2006 elections.
Another ruling required
Posted by seed @ 1:44 PM
Gentlemen, your input is requested. This past weekend it has become clear to me that the time has come to part with college-era Coleman grill. It has served me well. I've swapped out burners, added a rotisserie. The elements have finally taken their toll on the wood shelves.
So with that, I plan on swapping it out for this season of grilling. Recommendations will be heard. In all honesty, I would rather not drop more than six bills on what amounts to an iron trunk with a flame and wheels. I've never found a good use for the side burners, and I don't have a family of twelve living with me. I want good even heat. I want to add the after market rotisserie. I smoke some and might be in the market for a traditional smoker soon.
Talk line is open.
File Under: OMG
Posted by seed @ 4:52 PM
a goddam beer.
Anyone else? The wife is officially gone for seven days.
Friday's Jams
Posted by seed @ 12:13 PM
Here's today's musical diversion: Tegan and Sara.*
I know, what the fuck probably leapt from your mouths. Frequent riders here will have the understanding that more than a few of us really dig chick music. I think of Tegan and Sara as Veruca Salt Lite. So with that, they do not fit our typical chick fancy. There's no lofty vocals, or sexy undertones. At the same time, it's something that I have been spinning lately that I think is worth a drive-by.
The Con is the latest album. But I would not spin that one first. I would recommend going to the one before that, So Jealous. That album is going to be the most digestible and refined, while still retaining the gritty nature of the first album, If It Was You. Then I would play the first. The Con is a departure from the Veruca Salt-type sound and has grown on me some.
You know... when I am in the mood for loud squeaky chicks that are a little rough around the edges.
Dig.
Injury Report
Posted by seed @ 12:35 PM
The Cubs have had a variety of injuries this spring. So far, infielder Mark DeRosa was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, pitcher Jose Ascanio had a bruised face after getting punched in a robbery attempt, and outfielder Felix Pie missed a couple of days early because of a twisted testicle. Third baseman Aramis Ramirez remains sidelined with a sore right shoulder.
Second from last, come again? Now that is busting a nut.
Thanks, I'll be here all week.
