European Gas Prices...Yikes!

Next time you're grumbling at the pump, have a little perspective. Over on the Continent, things ain't so rosy. Of course, most of that price is comprised of taxes. Hey, it's the price you gotta pay for living in a socialist utopia.

$6.48 a gallon in Amsterdam? That's gotta seriously cut into your doobage fund.

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More crack-pot quotes from crazy Aunt Cindy...

Dug up by James Taranto of OpinionJournal.com:

On American History:

"I was raised in a country by a public school system that taught us that America was good, that America was just. America has been killing people . . . since we first stepped on this continent, we have been responsible for death and destruction. I passed on that bullshit to my son and my son enlisted. I'm going all over the country telling moms: 'This country is not worth dying for.'"

On the U.S. government:

"We might not even have been attacked by Osama bin Laden if 9/11 was their Pearl Harbor to get their neo-con agenda through and, if I would have known that before my son was killed, I would have taken him to Canada. I would never have let him go and try and defend this morally repugnant system we have. The people are good, the system is morally repugnant. . . ."

On the Middle-East:

"It's okay for Israel to occupy Palestine, but it's--yeah--and it's okay for Iraq to occupy--I mean, for the United States to occupy Iraq, but it's not okay for Syria to be in Lebanon."

On Paul Wolfowitz:

"As soft-spoken and sincere-sounding as Paul Wolfowitz is, is there yet any sane adult in this country whose skin does not crawl when this murderous liar opens his mouth and speaks?"

On the Bush Administration:

"In their secret hiding places, while celebrating newly won fortunes with their fellow brass, these men must surely congratulate themselves with orgies of carnal pleasure as they mock the multitudes who are yet so blind as to mistake them for God's devoted servants."

M'kay, children. Let's recap, shall we?. Drugs are bad, m'kay.

UPDATE: 4:25pm

Angry in the Great White North chronicles the complete disintegration of Sheehan's family situation.

ADDITIONAL UPDATE: 8/16/05 9:00am

It's official. Mr. Sheehan has had enough.

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"I Hope That These Dreamses Really Can't Become"

Lost in translation. English subtitles for "Revenge of the Sith" mangled beyond belief. And pretty damn funny.

h/t: The Corner

Cross-posted at The Llama Butchers

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Katie Couric: Twit of the year...

She actually said the following this morning on the Today show (in a discussion about rising gas prices):

"I had to take out a loan to gas up my minivan. It's crazy."

Hardy-har-har. I tell you, that Katie is sooooo down to earth, isn't she?

h/t: Newsbusters

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Most annoying Liberal Republican: Lincoln Chafee

Look, the GOP is a big-tent party. In New England, Liberal Republicans are about the only ones you can actually find in office - due to the make-up of the voting population. Fine, at least they do less damage than Democrats. And very often, they'll come through for you when it counts. My Congresswoman - Nancy Johnson (CT-5) - is not an ideal representative as far as I'm concerned but she's a lot better than that follicly-challenged media-hound to the South, Chris Shays (CT-4).

Differences of opinion can give a party its strength - and lack of political diversity is one of the reasons the Democrats are becoming more and more isolated. But there are times when unity is critical.

Case in point. If there ever was a Republican Senator I would gladly lose a seat to be rid of it's the doofus to the East in Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee. Appointed to the Senate when his father - John Chafee - kicked the bucket in 1999, this annoying little rich kid was elected in his own right in 2000 because of all the goodwill associated with daddy's good name. Now he's up for reelection in 2006, facing the challenge of living in one of the most solidly Blue States in the entire union.

Chafee is not just a Liberal. That's bad enough. But he persists in being a huge pain in the ass to the Bush administration and the rest of the GOP caucus at every turn. He may as well be a Democrat for all the crap Republicans have to put up with. And of course he was one of "gang of 14" who stabbed the Constitution in the back and threw a last-minute roadblock in front of an opportunity to finally give Bush's judicial nominees a fair up or down vote in the Senate.

Chafee doesn't want Bush campaigning for him, understandably. But he's more than willing to take money from the GOP Senatorial Committee for his reelection bid.

I say: Cut him off. He already has the advantage of incumbency. To me it's not worth the money that could be used for more important races. If Chafee is reelected, it'll be because the people of Rhode Island like him enough to send him back to Washington, not because he had enough money for tv ads. Let's be clear here. I'm not advocating running him out with a primary challenge, but let him sink or swim on his own. If he doesn't support his party, why should it support him? Republicans can afford to lose a seat that they can't count on anyway.

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More...with feeling...

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Your days are numbered, pretty boy...

NY Giants back-up QB and former star of TV's "The Bachelor" Jesse Palmer is having a tough time holding on to his roster spot after an abysmal performance Saturday in a scrimmage against the Cleveland Browns.

"Grading myself, the interception, what can I say, it was bad," Palmer said. "I can't remember since when I made a decision as bad as that. I certainly regret doing it."

Oh, I can think of one. How about doing a reality show when you should have been studying the playbook and honing your fundamentals! Jack-ass!

God, I hate this twit. What an embarrassment to the team. The whole back-up situation in NY is pathetic. Face it, if Eli goes down the Jints are deep bantha poo-doo. But I just hope and pray that Tim Hasselbeck holds onto the number two spot and that Coach Coughlin puts Jared Lorenzen in at #3 - and sends Palmer packing.

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Looks like the NY Times' snarky spinster-hag is back...

Vince Aut Morire picks apart Mo-Do's latest column.

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NARAL nutjob picks up his toys and goes home...

Actually he went to Cape Cod for a vacation. NARAL's communications director and former Clintonista, David E. Seldin, stormed off in a huff after his group "aborted" the latest anti-Roberts ad.

Seldin, who had pushed internally for a more aggressive approach to shaking up the Roberts debate than was favored by others at NARAL, notified the group Friday afternoon of his plans to leave. The 37-year-old worked in the White House press office under President Bill Clinton and was communications director for Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Seldin's e-mail included ways to contact him and concluded: "You'll no doubt be hearing from me when I get back to town at the end of the month and start thinking about what I do next."

Oh boy, I hope he gets a job with the Hillary Clinton 2008 exploratory committee. They could use a good moonbat like this.

Cross-posted at The Llama Butchers

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Nice...

Somebody in the Bahamas just did an MSN search for "dick like a donkey" and got my site.

I mean, I could see if they were searching under "horse", but...

UPDATE: 8/15/05 1:15pm
This is getting ridiculous. Now someone in Cincinnati is doing an MSN search under "donkey penis size". I'm result number 8.

There are some pretty sick freaks out there.

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Diane Lane Photo of the Week...

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More Cowbell!

Ace has made the infamous Will Ferrell "Blue Oyster Cult" bit even more legendary. For the uneducated masses, I present the clip (takes a minute to load).

He found a site that's promoting Christopher Walken for President. Walken is the man. Here's the post that makes the case.

Gold-plated Diapahs, baby!

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Cindy Sheehan: The Real Story...

James Taranto has the best primer about this situation I have read yet, which includes some new information that sheds new light on her current stake-out down in Texas. Of particular interest is a transcript of a speech she gave on Monday. There can be no denying the substance of her agenda.

It's time to call a spade a spade. Cindy Sheehan is a grieving mother who lost her son in Iraq. But she is also a stark raving moonbat. And the hysterical Bush-hating left is giving her all the help they can - to their utter enjoyment of the situation.

Update: 11:25pm
Message to Cindy Sheehan: The Ace of Spades links to Iraq The Model who can answer her questions better than anyone else I've heard. I give you, Mohammed.

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EU Idiocy At It's Worst...

The traditional German dirndl gets the old thumbs-down from a new European Union directive aimed at reducing sunburn.

That's right. The cute little low-cut blouse that comes standard on the typical Bavarian barmaid is to be banned!

"This is European lawmaking at its most pedantic," said Munich's mayor, Christian Ude. "A waitress is no longer allowed to wander round a beer garden with a plunging neckline; I would not want to enter a beer garden under these conditions."

Here, here. No would I. It's bad enough the EU takes away a nation's sovereignty and taxes it to death, but when they start mandating the covering-up of cleavage - that is full justification for a German withdrawal. Insanity, pure and simple!

h/t to Gateway Pundit

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Ad Trolls Are Commenting On My Blog...

And I'm not freaking happy about this. For the third time this week, some anonymous idiot left me a comment on one of my posts that basically said, "hey, great blog. come see my money-making site." and left a link. Without hesitation I deleted this crap.

Obviously this is an organized scam similar to spamming. But is anyone out there familiar with this practice. Is this something new?

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There He Goes Again...

Mad Howard made the rounds to New Hampshire on Wednesday and let this one rip:

"New England Republicans are different than most. They are more reasonable and thoughtful," Dean said. "You don't get as many right-wing wackos."

I beg to differ. I read New England Republican all the time and those guys most certainly are right-wing wackos. ;-)

Here's another bite from Old Yeller:

"We need to buy back our government from the corporations that have paid George Bush to run it."

Umm. Excuse me, Dr. Dean but didn't George Soros already try that?

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No Where To Go But Up?

The NY Giants offensive line got labeled "worst in the NFL" last year by former Redskins QB Joe Theissman (a man who's career ended at the hands of the Giants Defense). A little unfair, yes. But their stats last season did little to counter this statement.

Improving the O-line has become Coach Coughlin's top priority this season. The boys themselves know they have a tough task ahead.

"The hardest thing, especially in the New York market, is to get rid of a label," [OC Shaun] O'Hara said. "It's like a tattoo. You can't get it off. The only way we can get rid of it is for us to win the Super Bowl. Even then, they'd probably say we won with a mediocre line. Until we put three together like the New England Patriots.

Nice attitude, Shaun. How about you start with a winning season first?

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French Socialist Utopia Issues 2nd Quarter Economic Report...

And it SUCKED!

GDP growth? A paltry 0.3% - lower than the .04% expected.

Flagging consumer spending, however, which has been inhibited by a loss of confidence amid consistently high unemployment, remains the main cause for France's slowing GDP growth and is a key reason for concern in coming months.

U.S. 2nd Quarter GDP growth? 3.4% baby!

Unemployment? 5.0%. What about France? Try 10.1%. DOUBLE the U.S.

A bitter wine, indeed. How do ya like them apples, Krugman?

h/t: The Corner

UPDATE: 8/13/05 7:45am
Lifelike Pundits has a nice chart that explains the U.S.'s excellent unemployment number.

Coincidence? I think not.

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Look To The Skies!!!

Weird story of the week - Frozen Plane Poop Smashes Into Austrian Home.

A family who woke up when a window smashed in the middle of the night found a frozen lump of excrement on the floor.

Walter Fleischmann thought his house was being burgled when he heard a window in his son's bedroom shatter.

He called the police then went to investigate - only to find an icy lump of waste which had fallen from a plane.

Mr Fleischmann, 63, from Baden in Austria, said: "When I heard the glass smash I thought somebody was trying to break in and immediately called the police. It was very quiet though and so I got out of bed and went to have a look.

"There was smashed glass all around my son's bedroom and in the middle a big chunk of what looked like dirty ice. Luckily our son was staying at a friend's house otherwise he could have been injured."

The family's house insurers however are refusing to cover the full costs of the damage.

Local air space authorities who were contacted by the police confirmed it was a piece of frozen waste from a plane."

Cross-posted at The Llama Butchers.

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Able Danger: The 9/11 Commission and the former Clinton Justice Department have a lot of 'splaining to do...

They're all in deep Bantha Poo-doo. In what is becoming THE major meme in the blogosphere, I defer to Captain Ed and the rest of the Pajamahadeen for their relentless pursuit of this story.

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