Himself and I ventured out Friday night in the budding snowstorm for BACON since we had a visiting dignitary this weekend.  While at the butcher’s shop, all of a sudden the lights went out.  Immediately two people behind the counter and three in front of it (Himself, myself, and one other) brought out our flashlights… Continue reading

She lived the American dream.  RIP Ms. Houston. Continue reading

….Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.    Another 28 states are now applying for waivers from the piece of crap legislation that IS actually Bush’s fault.  At what point do you stop writing waivers and repeal the legislation altogether since it’s proving to be an unworkable money sink?? Continue reading

John Nolte over at Big Journalism beats me to something that’s been niggling at my brain for the last little while–free birth control.  In the fight for the First Amendment, which is the most important part of the Obamacare birth control mandate, something has not been brought into the forefront.  The fact that not only… Continue reading

So I try to slide in for a quick breakfast sandwich this morning and promptly get busted by a friend who spotted me on my alternate route to facilitate my Chick-fil-A stop. Phone Call:  “Why are you coming up YYY street this morning?” Me:  Because I’m trying to sneak into Chick-fil-A for breakfast…  *sigh* In… Continue reading

Okay, so some bint without a first name who seems to think that she’s all that AND a slice of bread, decides to break with the rehearsals that were done all week for the Super Bowl and make a STATEMENT which included flipping off the viewers and cursing.  NBC is falling all over themselves blaming… Continue reading

Via Borepatch, I followed a link to this douchebag’s website.  For a guy who professes love and courage and humility, he doesn’t seem to show a lot of those qualities.  As BP says, this guy is obviously intellectually frivolous, using Hitchens’ definition. Nor does he seem to understand or acknowledge that maybe “Akmed’s dad or… Continue reading

Over at Letter from Hardscrabble Creek and Bookworm Room there are some good posts (here, here, here) about the ramifications of the Obama administration’s attempts to force Catholic and other religious groups to pay for and provide birth control, etc. as part of their health insurance plans, contravening their First Amendment right of free exercise… Continue reading

Not this knife…. But this knife….. in full automatic.  Just waiting for the Indiana legislature to get off its collective duff and make it legal. Continue reading

Marines… This is a poem sent from a Marine To his Dad. For those who take the time to read it, you’ll see a letter from him to  his dad at the bottom. It makes you truly thankful for not only the Marines, but ALL of our troops. We all came together, Both young and… Continue reading