It’s Wednesday, March 31, 2010 and what a March it was! But first:
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Hello Elim,
Although I studied in the US for a while, I do not understand the “tea party” reference and why some protesters are referred to as “tea partyers.” Is your government doing something to the tea? I find American tea to be almost as vile as Turkish tea. English tea as well. I was given Earl Grey once and thought I had been poisoned. Why are they protesting tea? Of course with you insane infidels, it could mean anything. Allahu akbar! SiAmack |
Hi SiAmack, Tea Party people are protesting against our government’s departure from our prime governing set of rules, this being our Constitution. The “tea party” reference refers to an event that occurred during the founding of our nation. To protest an English tax on tea, protesters disguised as Indians stole aboard cargo ships and dumped its cargo of tea into Boston harbor. It’s a symbol of resistance to a distant, unresponsive and repressive government. Tea Partiers of today wish to invoke that image.
I don’t much care for Earl Grey either, but like a lot of things, it’s an acquired taste I guess. I mean your people eat pomegranate soup and fish eggs. Elim |
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Hey,
I don’t often agree with you, but you are absolutely right about people who threaten elected officials. Part of being American is accepting the government voted in by the majority. I agree that these people should be deported. Lionel |
Hi Lionel, Too bad the real issue has gotten lost in the hype. Two Hand Salutes for you.
Elim |
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Hey,
A while back, you mentioned that you switched from briefs to boxers. How do you like it? Murph |
Hi Murph, The main thing I like is that I can walk to the street and get my morning newspaper without my neighbors knowing that I’m in my underwear. This give me an idea! Elim |
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Hey,
I like the t-shirts. Put me down 1 XL Giles |
Hi Giles, Watch for the order form! Elim |
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Howdy,
My sister in-law wrote a cookbook for an English class she is taking. The night before it was due, I went on her computer and substituted “chicken” with “Catfish Bait.” Catfish Bait Marsala Ingredients: Lightly coat the Catfish Bait pieces in flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Melt the butter in a hot pan. Lightly brown the Catfish Bait pieces then remove them from the pan… It looks like the professor didn’t read it, or he’s insane because she got an A! She was naturally quite angry. Max |
Hi Max, I of course would have killed you for sabotaging a project of mine, regardless of the outcome. It does however remind me of the time we gained access to a report our lieutenant was working on and inserted the phrase; “Not only that, but basset hounds got long ears.” It got kicked back for correction with a note from our ops officer saying “While completely true, the reference to basset hounds seems out of place in this kind of report.”
Two Swift Kicks to you. Elim |
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Elim,
What’s your take on people using the courts to try to overturn the health care reform bill? Katy |
Hi Katy, I’m not a Constitutional scholar, but it seems that this is the kind of thing our founding fathers had in mind when they set up the three branches of government. The problem now is to determine how the new law grinds up against the US Constitution. I have no doubt this will wind up before the Supremes, who have a pretty good knack for skimming off the politics and deciding based on law.
Elim |
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Hi,
I’ve been following your blog for a year now. You’ve improved a lot, but need to spend more time in proofreading. Gail |
Hi Gail, Thanks. Yes, I do need to proofread more. I shall endeavor to do that.
Two Hand Salutes Elim |
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In other news, since Caterpillar, AT&T, Verizon and a bunch of other outfits have announced huge costs to them for this “healthcare reform” crap. Congressman Henry Waxman has summoned them to stand before his committee and account for their claims. He goes on to ask for “full documentation from the firms detailing how they arrived at their estimates.”
Umm… doesn’t the congressman have a copy of the bill? I mean he voted for it, so it stands to reason that he read and understands what’s in it. How come he needs these CEOs to come explain it to him? Does he need a calculator or something? Being CEOs, they don’t get to count the same money over and over again. Their numbers have to add up, or they have angry shareholders. They don’t get to tell their shareholders “You’ll learn to like it.”
So yeah, I hope these CEOs show up and mop the floor with these sanctimonious, clueless idiots. Hopefully, it’ll be on CSPAN. Better still, drag this shitferbrains congressman to the main Caterpillar plant and ask him to talk to the people that are about to get laid off. He can explain how they’re all better off unemployed with health insurance than working with health insurance.
In other news, I was half watching/half listening to some talking head show last night when one of the jabberers invoked the name of Ronald Reagan. Something about how republican candidates needed to be more Reagan-like.
Be extremely careful here. As much as I would love to see Reagan values return to the Republican Party, as much as I think our country needs another Ronald Reagan, I will not abide a phony.
But then again, I got all radical without changing my political views one bit.
In other news, due to major failage by Qwest down Cody was, Chris is without internet for the second day in a row. To quote Socrates; “This spews the mighty butt nugget. “
Fine. Still, it spews and I have 10 days to go before turkey season opens and 15 days until my vacation.
So, not as much blog as you were expecting, but you can blame it on Chris. His phone number is….
Maybe tomorrow, if he doesn’t have this thing fixed. So tune in tomorrow and find out!