But Brigid suffered a loss in her family. I would ask that you send good thoughts her way.

Now if this will just spread. Perhaps we can get the indoctrination education of our children back on track, and begin getting our moneys worth from our educational system. And perhaps begin to educate our children.

Just because I haven’t seen this trumpeted around the internet (and it should be, repeatedly) I thought I’d link to this post.

Read it…. It’s worth the time.

Perhaps DONATE a few bucks.

THis is for those who sacrifice a lot, for you and me to be free enough to ignore them if we choose.

You most likely know this already, but just to reiterate:

1. Contrary to the belief of many in this country, nobody owes you anything.

2. You do NOT have the right not to be offended. It ain’t in the Constitution, so shut up.

3. There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch

4. If something is free, it has no value to you. You will treat it accordingly. Conversely, if you must work hard
    for something, it has a great deal of value, and you will cherish it.

5. People are lazy. All of us. Some of us can overcome that failing, some cannot.

“Massive amounts of high explosives, like little girls and butterflies, need no excuse. 😉“

Gotta love folks like that. 

We also learned yesterday that another maritime law, also from 1920, is a stumbling block to the clean-up efforts. Over a dozen nations have offered assistance, as they have equipment and experience in cleaning oil spills. However, the Jones Act prohibits foreign operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Known as Section 27 of the Maritime Act of 1920, the Jones Act deals with ‘cabotage’, or coastal shipping. The act is meant to protect the U.S. maritime industry such that only U.S. flagged vessels, crewed by at least 75% U.S. citizens, conducting commercial operations in U.S. waters. In 2005, the Bush administration waived the Jones Act in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

To date, no waiver has been requested, nor does the O apparently wish to have one.

Miles and miles of oil boom are waiting for the Obama Administration to approve for use in the gulf. So far, no action. In fact, they (despite being contacted by the manufacturer) had no idea that there was any boom available. Asleep at the wheel? Again? 

Perhaps they can spin this in order to lay the blame on President Bush. 

Look: The oil rig explosion and the resulting oil gusher are not the fault of President Unicorn. While his policies may have facilitated (or not prevented) it, the fact that it happened is not the fault of the administration. But the response is. Again, the press (and the Democrats, but that is redundant) blamed Bush because everyone didn’t get a new house 90 days after Katrina. While no bureaucracy ever works perfectly, there is a point at which someone has to deal with things, cut thorough the red tape and bullshit and just get things done.

And ya don’t get that with a bunch of community activists aided by a bunch of academics.

This country is in the best of hands. Seriously. Just ask ’em.

It’s still all Bush’s fault.

While there is a lot of policy carryover from one administration to another, and decisions made in one administration can take years for the effects to be felt and even more years to fix, this is bullshit. No one on the left took the time to blame Clinton or Carter for many of the issues which Reagan or the Bushs had to deal with after their predecessors left office.

It has been a year. No matter how you slice it, the issues are now the property of the O. Period. While we might have cut him some slack in the first 6 months, that time has passed….long ago. The issues are as much his as 9-11 was the property of GWB a few short months after his inauguration.

Will he of unicorns and rainbows still be blaming Bush in 2012? When is the cutoff date for blaming your predecessor? I’d like to know so I can know when to stop blaming you, Mr. Obama , for the mess you have made of this countries economy, and for all of your social(ist) programs.

Such leadership the Democrats are showing. Such driving, intelligent management they demonstrate.

YOU TOO can own a lightsaber. Betcha I could do aLOT of damage with one. Say, pulsing it at oh….120 Cy/Sec, at a 50% duty cycle?

Might could be that the batteries would be heavy, but WOW. Catch people on fire? I need one. And at only $200 it is a steal.

Via Borepatch, we get this 79 page document which basically shows that all the “science” in AGW research is poorly done, or usually doo-doo.

Read it. it’s boring , but informing.