The UAW membership voted against concessions with Ford.  These changes were designed to bring Ford’s costs in line with Government Motors and Chrysler.  To me this means that either the UAW is working with the Obama administration to bring the third US motor company into the government fold by backing them into a corner or… Continue reading

I happen to be a fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger.  I liked most of his movies (I’ll watch either Conan movie whenever they are on), I tend to like his politics (despite his being married to a Kennedy), I like the fact that he made his kids do their own laundry so they would learn self-sufficiency. … Continue reading

Sometimes, due to back problems, we sleep on the floor since even a Sleep Number Bed set to 1,000,000 is not firm enough all of the time.  This isn’t a problem and I generally sleep better–I put down several blankets and we’ve got some nice quilts so it’s actually quite cozy.  However, last night we… Continue reading

There have been a couple of discussions on the above topic over at Tam’s place with some related commentary at Shermlock Shomes.  The postings at Tam’s and Shomes’ have been about a total smoking ban in Marion county Indiana (I think that it did not pass, but was close). What gets me, and I’m really… Continue reading

Holy crap.  I don’t think I’ve EVAH read such drivel.  In the Washington Independent, there is a transcript of Burris’ “testimony” in the Senate Committee om Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  As David Weigel notes, it’s stuff like this that will help Republicans in Illinois gain back at least one seat.  As a poli sci… Continue reading

Had a great time at the Indy blogmeet yesterday. It was very nice for folks to hang around since they knew that B and I would be late since we were working at the Indy 1500 gun show. I’m proud of myself in that I managed not to go all geeky fangirl on some folks… Continue reading

I was laughing so hard I almost cried when I saw this video (via B, on Breitbart.tv-h.t. Insty). I have long contended that the talking (air)heads that they put on to read the news actually have no insight, no acumen, and no knowledge or thought of the words that are pouring out of their mouths… Continue reading

In Springfield Virginia, a man was arrested for, get this, being naked in his own kitchen at 5:30 in the morning (ht Reason). He was in his own home, his roommates were gone, and he got up to make coffee. What he didn’t know is that a woman and her daughter were in HIS yard… Continue reading

Watched NCIS last night–they were on the list via Big Hollywood of shows who were going to change their scripts to go along with Obama’s script of service. Aside from a small separate announcement, as far as I could tell, the script didn’t promote service. I did notice, however, that they are continually putting the… Continue reading

JayG over at MArooned (ht Men are not Potatoes) wrote a missive on why exactly gun control legislation won’t work. I’ve seen a lot of arguments but this one I think cuts to the chase and speaks to the heart. There are no easy answers as to why people don’t seem to put a value… Continue reading