free speech does not have to be hate speech

it was not a question of if.  it was a question of when, and who.  now that question has been answered.  you have blood on your hands.  all of you.  all of you who sit behind a microphone day after day spewing nothing but hate and fear, hate and fear, hate and fear.  whether that microphone is in a radio or tv studio or in the halls of congress, it makes no difference.  whether you do it because you actually believe what you are saying or whether you do it solely to make a buck, it makes no difference.  you are as guilty in this as the shooter himself.  you will denounce this event as the wrong that it is,  you already have started to do so.  you will even claim nothing you said or nothing you did led to it.  you lie.  you lie to yourself now the same way you lie to your listeners and viewers and constituents every day.  free speech does not have to be hate speech.

 

 

some people on the right decide to do good:

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/01/07/another-arizonan-dies-brewer/

 

http://arizona98.com/

funkin' donuts

i previously mentioned my disdain for mcdonalds.  but at least they dont have 'hamburger' in their name so i guess they are not promising anything special.  i was away from my home base (http://www.yelp.com/biz/donut-king-minneola) recently and felt like a donut, so i went to a place called dunkin' donuts.  perhaps youve heard of them, there are almost 9000 locations on the planet.  and according to wikipedia, which is never wrong, they make more money these days from coffee than they do from donuts.  maybe thats because their donuts are an embarrassment to the concept of fried dough.  ive had boxed supermarket donuts that were far superior than what i got at the dd.  the location i visited was more like a breakfast sandwich factory than a donut shop.  and all they are doing there is throwing frozen shit in a microwave or something.  they really need to take the word 'donut' off the signs.  chains dont have to suck.  those of you who have been to in-n-out know that.  steak and shake has pretty darned good burgers too.  then there are regional chains.  near chicago portillos is a must eat destination chain.  and in the carolinas there is a place called cook out that is so good its almost worth a drive from florida just to grab a char grilled burger and your choice of almost 50 flavors of milk shakes.

 

home base:

 

 

 

when in chicago:

 

 

  

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/11/anthony-bourdain-eric-ripert_n_761835.html

 

in the first video bourdain talks about in-n-out burgers.

freakin' overkill much?

maybe i can turn my tv on tomorrow without seeing this guy:

 

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/meet-felon-golden-voice

hel-no-met

if children will be legally required to wear helmets when sledding then when shouldnt they be wearing a helmet?  lets face it, there are head banging dangers everywhere.  a trip and fall can happen anywhere around the house, so lets helmet kids up while indoors.  this is especially true in the bathroom, the most dangerous room in the house.  mandatory helmets inside, especially at bath time.  also, a kid can bump their head if they fall out of bed, so its time for kids to sleep with helmets on.  the outdoors is super dangerous even when sledding is not involved.  so its obvious children should be helmeted whenever they leave the house too.  when i was young only certain special kids wore helmets all the time, but why should they be the only safe ones?  helmets for all kids all the time!  lets just make a blanket law that when indoors or outdoors a helmet must be worn by anyone under 18 years of age.

 

theyre doing it right:

 

 

 

in all seriousness, if the government was truly concerned about children there are many other steps to take to protect them before we start worrying about sledding.  one million to be exact, i counted.  including "toddlers and tiaras" on TLC.  and why isnt it child abuse when a parent smokes around their child and that child is forced to breathe in the second hand smoke?  just wondering.

 

annual deaths by second hand smoke: 53,800 http://www.no-smoke.org/getthefacts.php?id=13

 

annual deaths from sledding:  ?, a few at most.  i couldnt find anything on the google

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2638714/posts

the countrys got a boehner

ok john of orange, youre now in charge, where are the jobs?

 

or is that phony health care repeal vote more important?

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8r-LnsRY64

 

and

 

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2040805,00.html

 

and of course

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpOUctySD68

rick scotts big ball(s)

youve got to have big balls to throw a $3 million dollar ball for yourself while so many of the people in the state you are taking charge of are struggling to pay their mortages, feed their children and find a job.  florida, you voted for him now hes all yours.  hope your happy. 

 

 

 todays recommendation:

 

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/state/fl-rick-scott-inauguration-20101220,0,4591058.story

run sarah run

i am starting the year with a prediction.  maybe its obvious and maybe the lamestream media is just playing with us, but i dont see any scenario in which sarah palin will run for president.  she may be, ok is, stupid but she is not stupid enough to think she can win.  and she is someone who likes to fail on her own terms, like quitting an elected position, as opposed to having other factors show that she is a failure, like the sales of her most recent book.  she is also as lazy as she is stupid.  running for president is hard work, ask fred thompson.  shes got a good gig now and she knows that, why upset the apple cart.  so as much as people like me, david letterman, jon stewart, barack obama and many many more would like her to run (and win the republican nomination) i am predicting she will not run.  and that gives me the sads.

 

 

 

todays recommendation:

 

http://www.palin4pres2012.com/