What a waste! And what exactly was he going to do with them?
In addition to being on trial for attempted murder, the man is obviously guilty of being an “indian-giver.” Gents, this is another reason why you shouldn’t give an expensive gift like that to a “girlfriend.” I mean, it’s hard enough to get an engagement ring back, but breast implants raises the bar to new heights.
Fortunately, the woman is all right, and the breast implants have been repaired! The guy, on the other hand, has probably seen his last pair of female breasts, real or otherwise, for a very long time. Here’s the story.
House Bill Nothing But A Transfer of Wealth From The Haves To The Have-Nots
First off, I’m no fan of this bunch of Republicans but you have to salute people when they do the right thing. Not one of them voted for the “Pigulus” Bill (yes, I know Rush calls it “Porkulus” but I was calling it “Pigulus” first so I’ll stick with it), and they need to be commended for that–as do the 12 Democrats that also voted against it.
This is so clearly a spending bill and not a “stimulus” bill because all this plan will do is decrease private spending by confiscating more money from those who have or produce wealth. You can read a great column from economist Walter Williams yesterday making this very point.
There are so many egregious aspects of this bill but one that is starting to get “play” is the fact that it is not only possible, but likely, that illegal immigrants will be able to pocket tax credit checks under the House plan. You can read more about this here.
Our politicians are taking advantage of a bad economy to empower themselves and their supporters by rewarding them directly with “stimuli” from this bill.
Oh, one other feature of much of the spending: it doesn’t kick in until 2010–in other words, we’ll start seeing many of these make-work projects conveniently in time for the mid-term elections.
I apologize if you get tired of Al Gore…because I don’t. He absolutely fascinates me…I just can’t get enough of him. Boy, we really dodged a bullet back in 2000. Here’s a fun story from the Washington Post.
Oh no, is it the clay, or did they make her look white? I smell a lawsuit.
Tussaud’s Waxes Michelle
WASHINGTON (AP) – Madame Tussauds wax museum is adding Michelle Obama to its collection of famous figures in Washington. Museum officials released pictures of the design process Wednesday and said the full figure will be unveiled in March. Designers will have spent six months on the figure, studying photos and video of the first lady.
General Manager Janine DiGioacchino says having an image of Obama is an honor because “as our nation’s first African-American first lady, a proud working mom and budding style icon, Mrs. Obama is a role model to women around the corner and around the globe.”
The figure was designed at Merlin Studios in London and will be placed alongside President Barack Obama’s figure in a replica Oval Office.
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What? America’s honoring Michelle Obama? I think we’ve finally found something Michelle Obama can be proud of America for doing!
No drilling, No nuclear power...Just where is our energy going to come from?
A rare deal between radical (is there any other kind?) environmentalists and an oil drilling company that would have allowed the first oil drilling off the California coast in 40 years appears to have hit an impasse.
The plan, which could be worth billions, was announced last year by an unusual alliance of environmentalists and a drilling company. But supporters were blindsided by sudden opposition recently after it sailed through local approval and reached the state level.
The proposal hinges on a commitment from key environmental groups to lobby for expanded drilling off Santa Barbara if Plains Exploration & Production Co. would help fund hybrid buses, set aside thousands of acres of land and – most importantly – end all its local drilling by 2022.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said attorney Linda Krop, who negotiated on behalf of three lead environmental groups. “If people really want to protect the coast from offshore oil and gas development, this is the best opportunity to do that.”
However, state and federal lawmakers from California to Washington, D.C., are now challenging the plan, saying it could invite more offshore drilling along the California coast and undermine efforts to reinstate a federal drilling moratorium that was lifted by the Bush administration.
The three-member State Lands Commission has the power to scuttle the deal Thursday. Already the chairman, Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, has said he’ll vote against it. The other two members – state controller John Chiang and state finance director Michael Genest – have not disclosed their intentions but Genest is leaning for it and Chiang against, setting up the possibility the plan could die on a 2-1 vote. (Full story here.)
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Environmentalists and environmentalism rule California. They’ve set aside so much land that can’t be developed; they tell us what kind of toilets we can use, what kind of lightbulbs we can use, the cars we can drive…this place used to be a genuine utopia, but now “The Golden State” is well on the way to being just another Socialist haven.
They make it darn near impossible to start a business here and that’s why so many successful, native-born, Californians are leaving in droves. Oh well, it is sunny and warm…too warm, according to Al Gore.
“I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the General Government ought to be extended to the relief of individual suffering which is in no manner properly related to the public service or benefit.”
–President Grover Cleveland vetoing a bill for charity relief
Ah, Those Were The Days…
Now here’s a bloodthirsty little kid who helps put food on the table. I know a lot of people (perhaps most people) are appalled at the spectacle of a bullfight. I’m not crazy about them myself. It looks pretty grisly–but I don’t know if the bull would prefer to be electrocuted, or put down by lethal injection. One way or another, the bull is going down.
I guess the whole idea of turning it into a spectator sport is troublesome to those of us who didn’t grow up in that culture. But it isn’t the same as dogfighting or cockfighting where the animal is treated cruely and abused, often for very long periods. I’m sure the bull doesn’t enjoy it, but at least he has a chance (slight as it may be) to take out his attacker. And admit it, don’t we all love it when that happens? (Read the full story here.)
"NO!!! John, please don't sue me! You know those beautiful lamps that I bought in Las Vegas? I have one left--and you can have it! It's from my personal collection!"
"Sorry Michael, I don't want your lamp, I want money. I'm going to sue you!"
A day after the announcement that the Nederlander Organization has acquired rights to produce a musical version of Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller” comes legal uncertainty for fans looking forward to a Broadway-style version of the epochal 1983 “Dawn of the Dead” meets “Soul Train” music video.
Turns out that the 14-minute mini-film’s director and co-writer John Landis — the movie comedy maestro behind “Animal House,” “The Blues Brothers” and “An American Werewolf in London” — filed court papers last Wednesday suing Jackson’s company, Optimum Productions, for breach of contract.
At issue: Landis alleges that the King of Pop has been bilking him out of profits from “Thriller” and its accompanying “making of” documentary since 2005. (If you care, here’s more.)
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders are standing firm in their opposition to the stimulus plan that President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve.
Just ahead of a House vote that they’re expected to lose along party lines, Republicans insisted Wednesday that their own plan, focusing on tax relief, would create twice as many new jobs — 6.2 million — as the plan Obama is pushing, while costing about half as much.
House Minority Leader John Boehner said Republicans remain “disappointed” in the stimulus plan coming to a vote. He says it includes a “lot of wasteful spending that won’t create jobs.”
He says the GOP plan for “fast-acting tax relief” would “create jobs and preserve jobs in America.”
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The trouble with Republicans is that they are far more comfortable “out of power” than in it. They’re like not-so-lovable losers.The party needs to clean house and get rid of those who adhere to the McCain type of Republicanism that has hijacked the party and dragged them to the left.
So lets get this straight: A Florida couple paid $155,000 for a dog that looks like their old golden Labrador, Sir Lancelot, that died a year ago. Hey, it’s their money and they can do whatever the heck they want with it. I’m more interested in the mindset that makes them think they’re getting their old dog back.
You know that’s what they’re thinking–regardless of what they say. Otherwise, what’s the point of the whole enterprise? There is something beyond mere curiosity here. I mean, if you want to get a dog that eerily resembles yours, and maybe even behaves like yours, there are plenty of golden Labradors out there that can do the trick.
Face it–dog breeds have certain behavioral characteristics, and as far as their looks are concerned, it can be virtually impossible to tell one golden Lab from another. Sometimes you can’t even tell human identical twins apart!
Forget, for a moment, the morality of cloning animals when there are so many being put down each day at the local shelters; again, it’s their money. The Otto’s, the couple in the story, seem like good, intelligent people. But you know that what they are doing is trying to bring their favorite dog back from the dead.
I don’t care how much money you spend, or how much the cloned dog resembles your “dearly departed” dog, this is not that dog. And no amount of money is going to change that fact. You doubt that? Would you feel like it was your mother if someone told you that they were able to clone her before she died? Silly question, isn’t it? Here’s the full story from the Miami Herald.
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In a related story I lost my beloved stuffed animal dog the other day in a tragic vacuum cleaner accident. He looked like this:
Yep, that was Ralph--he sat on the bed for so many years
Fortunately, I was able to scoop up part of him and have him cloned. It cost me $37,000 dollars. He looks like this:
Sure, he resembles my Ralphy, but how I can be positive?
I’m not certain but I think I’ve been had–I mean, he does look a lot like my “Ralphy” and I’ve got to admit it, he even exhibits some of Ralphy’s unique behavioral patterns, but than again, he looks remarkably similar to the one I won at the carnival last year…cost me .75 cents!
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