willstrickland

Uhh, huh huh you said "soild..rod resonator".

Lard and Oly....decent start to a breakfast.

Just saw Hustle and Flow.

Step away from the mirror, E.

Oh, yah. Drinkin' cheap Aussie and Chilean reds this week, the xmas gift Glenlivet was finished off last week. Yellow Tail shiraz right now.

Stoked up here Days are up to 7hr 45m, highs above zero, and saw the sun for an hour today. Two more months and rivers breakup.

The guy has something like 2% approval rating among blacks, breaks with tradition and doesn't attend the NAACP convention even once in five years in office, bungles the hurricane response, refuses to meet with the black congressional caucus, and is attending the funeral of a life long civil rights and peace activist who fought against the powers that spawned the current upper echelons of the GOP. Southern strategy ring a bell? What did you expect to happen? With the BoyKing out of his insulated bubble, away from his hand selected audiences and talking point applause line comforts, someone could speak truth to power. And they did so. Something I believe Dr. and Mrs. King would very much support as their ENTIRE LEGACY is one of speaking truth to power in a fight for equality and peace. But why don't we just STFU and listen to how Dr. King himself spoke while eulogizing the children who were killed in the 16th St Baptist church bombing in 1963: I'm sorry your genteel sensibilites were offended Jay.

Daily Kos. I would have figured you were more the DemocraticUnderground or Atrios type.

Did JayB ever reveal where he got the GOP talking point of the day that prompted this post? My money is on the WSJ editorial page, maybe the National Review, with a small outside possibility of the Rush "The Junkie" Limbaugh's familytime radio hate hour. Enlighten us, Jay. Where'd you spot the original letter?

Heat wave! Above zero tomorrow after -40 this morning.

"Lead, follow, or get out of the way" "Protected by Smith and Wesson" In small print: "If you can read this, GET OFF MY ASS" Not a bumper sticker but...mud flaps on a Dodge dualie out front...Yosemite Sam with "Back Off". And the classic trucker icon, the outline of the naked chick, in reflective silver mylar.

Be careful. Much like a flouder pulled rapidly from the depths, removing one from her natural Alaskan habitat can result in rapid bloating/expansion. Need a few extra calories up here in winter ya know.

Should censorship ever be applied to political cartoons on ANY basis? That is the only issue I see here. My answer is absolutely not. Not for any reason. No "harming the morale of our troops" canards, no "offending my religious sensibilities" pearl clutching, no "lowers the discourse" misdirects. Free speech period. I might not like what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it, write it, draw it, or sing it.

At least we'd know who's side God is really on afterwards, right? They all claim to possess the "true" faith. Lets see who emerges from Thunderdome.

Hold on a sec, let me look out the window (Midas parking lot full of trucks right below). Ok... "Alaskan girls kick ass" (2 with these) Calvin pissing on Arctic Cat logo (1 with these) Calvin pissing on Polaris logo (2 with these) "Native" in 30 inch tall vaugely old english looking letters across the back glass of a Tahoe. "Keep Honking, I'm reloading"

Got Kudzu?

Here's one for ya:

Anybody who clutches the pearls and gets the vapors over political cartoons of any stripe need to lighten the fuck up. I don't care whether it's radical mullah jihad jhanie or radical cleric James Dobson. Maybe we can just build a big ass enclosed fence around Jerusalem, toss all the far right wing religious nutjobs of the christian, muslim, and jewish faith in there, lock the gates and let them have a battle royale to the death. With any luck, they would kill each other off and the sane people of the world could get on with our lives. Organized religion is the greatest scam ever conceived.

"I *heart* Spotted Owl - Fried or Grilled" "American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God" "Grass, gas, or ass. Nobody rides for free."

George at the SOTU: "So tonight, I announce the Advanced Energy Initiative – a 22-percent increase in clean-energy research at the Department of Energy, to push for breakthroughs in two vital areas. To change how we power our homes and offices, we will invest more in zero-emission coal-fired plants; revolutionary solar and wind technologies; and clean, safe nuclear energy." That's funny, the people at DOE sing a different tune. From the NY Times: "The Energy Department will begin laying off researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the next week or two because of cuts to its budget. A veteran researcher said the staff had been told that the cuts would be concentrated among researchers in wind and biomass, which includes ethanol. Those are two of the technologies that Mr. Bush cited on Tuesday night as holding the promise to replace part of the nation's oil imports. The budget for the laboratory, which is just west of Denver, was cut by nearly 15 percent, to $174 million from $202 million, requiring the layoff of about 40 staff members out of a total of 930, said a spokesman, George Douglas. The cut is for the fiscal year that began on Oct. 1."

I don't know a whole lot of weekend warriors who lead multi pitch 5.11 trad off the couch, and if he can fill the book with cruiser, classic routes that appeal to people juggling a career, home, children, etc that get out maybe 5-10 times per year....then it's a service to those people. Why do you care? I guess it's an insult to chest thumping hardmen who onsight 5.12 cracks like Dru...oh wait.... You should be glad that he's steering them to a few specific routes because it keeps them from bumbling up your favorite areas, no?

Jay is auditioning be the next Victor Davis Hanson. Hang in there Jay, you write better wingnuttia than that Jonah Goldberg clown. Maybe the LA Times has column space for you too. Fit right in there with Boot and Goldberg. If that fails, perhaps the good Rev. at Wash Times has a spot for ya? What? Ad hominem? But of course, that's how ya'll play the game right?

Nice strawman, Jay. Now again, where did this "child-of-hamas" acquire his US made rifle and clothing?

Will we ever fire Condi the Incompetent? "I don't think anyone expected a hamas victory" Oh really? Even after Mahmoud Abbas pleaded with Rice to postpone the elections because it looked like hamas was going to rout Fatah. But she had no idea. Just like she had no idea some nuts would use a plane as a weapon, after being warned of just such a possibility. Accountability? No, just promote them. Competence? Who needs it, remeber government is the problem, not the solution (and BushCo is determined to prove it!).

Trying to steal their own fucking election, classic! From Roll Call: "House Republicans are taking a mulligan on the first ballot for Majority Leader. The first count showed more votes cast than Republicans present at the Conference meeting." Sad to say that Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) is the lone GOP member of congress that I respect. Throw the bums out, all of em.