originally from Pam Geller:

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Obama's silence in the face of the violent and brutal Islamic crackdown on the Iranian people peacefully demonstrating for freedom is in keeping with Obama's previous silences: 1.  Silent on the Black Muslim Riverdale bombers. 2.  Silent on the release of the Black Panthers voter intimidation case. His department of justice ordered the case dropped. 3.  Silent on the murder of Private William Long by a Black Muslim -  Issued a very weak statement, though he loudly condemned the Tiller murder. 4.  Silent on the French plane that crashed in the ocean, possibly blown up by the two Muslim terrorists on board. 5.  Silent on Iran - Issued a weakly worded statement. added by RWK: Silence on Hondura except for siding with Castro and Chavez against the Honduran people, Constitution and rule of law On the other side of the coin we have: 1.  Obama's bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia. 2.  Obama's pro Islam speech in Cairo, with many fabricated platitudes about the history of Islam. 3.  Obama instructing Eric Holder to issue a memo stating that Muslims were not to be discriminated against. 4.  Releases Muslim terrorists from Gitmo to Bermuda, so that they can go into the restaurant business and hang on the beaches there. 5.  Eliminating the phrase "war on terrorism" and replacing it with "overseas contingency operation" and "terorists" with "man made disasters". There is a definite pattern in the behavior by Barack Hussein Obama toward the worldwide ummah (in keeping with being raised a Muslim in Indonesia). hat tip Jonathan Galt

 

about "health care",remember all the promises about "The Stimulus"

Began the move last night. One bed. A TV. Some clothes and personal items. TIVO!! Slept lousy. First night in a new house/strange place. Lots of creaking. I figure it was a combination of temperature change (cooling) and joists/floorboards relaxing since they're no longer under the weight of any furniture.

That changes tonight. Three vehicle loads. Lots of lamps. Quite a few random boxes of odds and ends. And most of one room: master bed, living or dining. Thursday will see another room and more random boxes. Friday may be off. Then Saturday is the balance. Big stuff will go in the room “she” has designated. Boxes? Most will go in the proper room. Many will simply go to the garage. To be stacked. And sorted. Upon “her” return. Wonder how much stuff we've moved that will never make it in the door. 10? Easy.

But the space will be nice. Kitchen is a tad smaller but functional and open to the LR – a plus. LR is bigger. DR is smaller but will do. Master BR is about the same but has the only deck entrance so will need to be maintained. Tough. Two bathrooms. Each is bigger than the last two combined! And a finished basement. One LR, D's sewing/quilting area, and Remy's/Guest room. D has more space. Remy has a little less but doesn't need it. And the “LR area” will be nice for card games and get-away time.

I need a routine. Haven't had one for about a month and a half. I don't mind BREAKING a routine but I need one to break. I've been as jumpy as a ring tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Having a house to myself over independence Day weekend was VERY helpful. Now I need to get through this w/e of moving. July 13-21 will be steady. She comes home 22^nd but start the fair shortly thereafter and will be staying with her folks and fellow artists. She she won't really be in until mid-August. And it'll take the rest of that month for her to get settled. So no real good solid reliable routine until September. Which is nice. Football season. And a LOT of old “sub-routines” kick in. Like comfortable shoes, I hope.

A new beginning? Hope so. But now that I'm over 50 I'm a little tired of new beginnings. Especially big major ones.

seems to be a key element in spiraling health care costs as this chart from the Goldwater Institure seems to illustrate pretty well.  It's the tragedy of the commons run amok!

from Lou Pritchett, former head of P&G, sent to the NYT but not published

Dear President Obama:

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.

You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core..

You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.

You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.

You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd

this one's probably pretty accurate:

The Exorcist, Halloween, From Dusk til Dawn (if you have to ask, you haven't seen the movie!) Nosferatu, American Werewolf In London - GREAT soundtrack.

Does "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" count?

another list...which will be hitting often, at least until this w/e and next w/e when i hope to get caught up on my OTHER reading and ranting

Family movies, in no specific order

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Cars

Toy Story

Shrek

Finding Nemo

So what am I missing?

Have topped 1000 movies....finding a LOT of classics that AREN'T in the Db that should be, which degrades the system, but it's still been fun.

My current top "Buddy" films:

Thee Magnificent Seven

Rounders

The Sting

The Blues Brothers

Deliverance

Maverick, Batman Forever and O' Brother...  just miss the cut currently

So what am I missing?

"Well, our job is to bash the president, that's what we do." -- Evan Thomas responding to a question on whether the media's unfair to Bush on the TV talk show Inside Washington, February 2, 2007.

"I mean in a way Obama’s standing above the country, above – above the world, he’s sort of God." – Evan Thomas on Hardball, June 5, 2009.

Top 5 currently stand as folows:

Casino, Unforgiven, Lord of the Rings, Stadust, Chicago ..... needs some work

Buddy Films: Ocean's 11 (original), Rounders, Magnificent Seven, The Professional and Oh Brother Where Art Thou (with Blues Brothers, Batman Forever and Deliverance on the brink)

Crime movies: Casino, Godfathr 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Sin City

A few more lists when I hit 900