Midwest Chick's Place

(A.K.A. Non-Original Rants)

–Co-opting good stuff from all over the ‘Net and maybe some original thoughts—ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

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  • Wu, wu?!?

    As Tam mentioned a couple of days ago, everyone, from Congresscritters to the MSM seems to be stuck in euphemism-land on the Wu case.  It seems to me that the definition of ‘unwanted sexual encounter’ would, in any other context (or if it was a Republican or a Conservative), be called ‘rape’. In an interesting… Continue reading

  • Corrupting the vegetarians…. bacon and steak…..

    My sister is on the other side of the pond for a while so Himself and I are watching her dog for her.  My sister is a vegetarian and her dog, being her dog, doesn’t get a whole lot of meat trimmings or leftovers, outside of that in her dry and canned foods.  So last… Continue reading

  • It just gets better and better… Another CEO calling out Obama's policies

    The CEO and founder of Home Depot, in an interview with Investor’s Business Daily, concurs with Steve Wynn and takes it a bit further when asked what he would say if he had a chance to sit down with the Community-Organizer-in-Chief and talk about job creation: Marcus: I’m not sure Obama would understand anything that… Continue reading

  • Here's your tax dollars at work–for the children

    Looking through a regional newspaper online, I found this article which discusses priorities for capital projects for a high school (Portage High School in Indiana).  On the list: relocating a fence changing wallpaper in the auditorium replacing the sound system in the gymnasium and auditorium installing a new video system at the high school and… Continue reading

  • Wynn for the Win–Not for The One!

    Steve Wynn, the uber-guru of Las Vegas, pretty much is saying what the rest of the business owners, both large and small have been saying–that the reason(s) that businesses are not expanding, are not hiring, and are holding to their war chests is because they are afraid of increasing government regulation and constant game changing. … Continue reading

  • Being human and Greek tragedies, or the aversion thereof….

    Blogging has been kind of light–part of it is ennui, part of it is data overload, I think.  I was talking with a friend this morning and it got me thinking about tragedies, Greek or otherwise.  It also got me thinking about humor and being human.  Most of my favorite folks are those who find… Continue reading

  • Stewards….

    There are some times when we’re called upon to be sheepdogs or stewards.  It might be for a few days, a few hours, or a few weeks.    It might be for years.  Stepping up is not a quality that all homo sapiens have, but I like to think that all humans do.  One of the… Continue reading

  • If you don't know the connotations of a word, it's best not to use it….

    It’s been bandied about the internet that when Obama stalked out of his meeting on the budget yesterday that he told Eric Cantor to ‘not call my bluff’.      Allow me to explain.  From The Free Dictionary: bluff 1  (blf) v. bluffed, bluff·ing, bluffs v.tr. 1. To mislead or deceive. 2. To impress, deter, or… Continue reading

  • Wah frickin wah….. Flotilla whiners…

    Apparently the poor, elderly, and put-upon morons on the “Audacity of Hope” that hoped to ride on a wave of unicorn-farted rainbows and Code Pink-colored sails to Gaza has been effectively stopped in Greece (please note that I am linking to the Gateway Pundit post which contains a direct link to the Moron-blog–I won’t send… Continue reading

  • And yet another save by the passengers and crew of an airplane

    So a Saudi student from Akron, OH with a boarding pass (but who was not on the passenger list) wafts past the TSA in Chicago and somehow gets past the double-check of boarding pass to passenger list at the gate and gets so unruly on a flight that the flight crew, assisted by a passenger,… Continue reading