Gone Too Soon

Tonight is the night five years ago that a dear, old friend crossed over into the Void.  There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of him--I miss him deeply, but know that he is having fun wherever he is.

A shot of Laphroaig in your honor, old friend.  To Glenn J. Morris... teacher, soke, bon vivant, explorer.

Four Percent

The amount of the Federal budget deficit the Republicans want to cut from the FY11 budget ($61 billion out of $1.5 trillion).  The Democrats say that cutting anything beyond $30 billion (2% of the budget deficit) is "extreme."

Extreme?  Why no, Senator Schumer, we don't think it's extreme at all. Obscene, yes.  Outrageous,  yes. That you and the Democratic Party manage to utter this with a straight face, without being struck down by the hand of God, is dumbfounding.  You assclowns are driving our nation to destruction, and the only logical explanation for your continuing drive down this path is that you believe yourselves to be part of the ruling elite who shall remain aloof from the pain and misery that will come with the downfall of our economy.  Your ideology and walled enclaves will ensure that you will continue to rule the remains of what is left standing.


The only thing missing from your union thugs intimidating and threatening tax paying citizens tired of your enforced theft (i.e., Wisconsin) are brown shirts and jackboots.

Four percent is just a beginning--get used to it, because we are coming for more, lots more.  After all, it's our money.

Why, Yes, I Do Have A Warped Sense of Humor

But if you have been reading this blog at all, you already knew that, didn't you.

A Musical I'd Love to See Produced, But Know They Never Will

'Fartbombs Over Fresno'

The story of a wookie (played by Janeane Garofalo) wandering the world, trying to shake off the deep depression she is suffering after the loss of her love interest in a tragic skydiving accident.  She ends up in Fresno at the last authentic hippie commune in the United States (all others having been bought and redone by Donald Trump into world class golf courses) and takes up tofu farming.  Highlighted by the lush strings of a 125-person orchestra, she falls for a young goat herder (played by Justin Bieber), and together they find happiness in overcoming white, male oppression until that fateful day when she accidentally ingests massive amounts of cabbage and tofu.  To the swelling voices of a 200 person chorus, she rises into the sky over Fresno until she finally manages to expel her excess gas, thus plummeting to earth, sharing the fate of her former lover in Borneo.

Book by by Andrew Dice Clay, arranged by Silvio Berlusconni

Bad Moon Rising

The scope and amount of jockeying by nation states and non-state actors with regard to the Middle East hasn't been seen since the aftermath of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand... and we all know how well that turned out.

From the U.S. arming Libyan rebels who were last seen shooting at U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to Russia doing backroom deals with the Saudis and Israel to a certain billionaire madman financing unrest to the Iranians releasing a film about the imminent arrival of the 12th Imam (the Mahdi), it hasn't been this exciting or interesting since the 1930s.

Phrase of the Day/Week/Month/Whenever

Urinary Olympiad - This phrase is used when describing to upper management/senior staff a conflict between two or more significant entities which do (or could) affect their interests.  It demonstrates how much more educated and erudite you are as compared to them, and, in theory, plant that seed of fear and doubt in them as to when you will be surpassing them in rank--and when they can feel the blade of your Dagger sliding in between their ribs (metaphorically speaking, of course).  It also allows for the pleasure of seeing how long it takes for the less swift amongst them to figure out just what you said.  (Remember, you should always consider the secondary and tertiary effects of your efforts.)

The "Tunisian Virus"

The problem with the "Tunisian Virus" is that the countries involved do not have an established culture of democracy and rule of law.  Thus, while we may see idealistic adherents to democracy leading the way in overthrowing the dictatorships which have ruled them for decades, the people who have the organization and infrastructure in place to take over the movement are usually the ones most antithetical to democracy.

History, as usual, repeats itself because we so rarely learn from it.  As we saw with the overthrow of the Duma by the Bolsheviks in Russia, we now see the overthrow of the idealistic democrats in Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood.  We have no idea who the rebels are in Libya, but now we find Al Qaeda fighters among their number.  As with the rise of Adolph Hitler and his seizure of the Sudetenland, the tide overtaking the Middle East is becoming one of those watershed events in world history which we will look back upon as the beginning of  the horror to come.

Unfortunately, we in the West are infected by the "Multiculturalism Virus," which has rendered us unable to deal with the reality unfolding before our eyes.  So eager are we to avoid the label of 'racist,' we fail to understand that we stand in the Dar al-Harb, while our adversary's plan to expand Dar al-Islam to the rest of the world slowly enfolds us.  We watch as the self-loathing Left combines with radical Islam to bring down the West, all the while daring us to call them out.  As Colonel Dan points out, Vladimir Putin now looks to take advantage of the chaos descending upon the Middle East as $150-a-barrel oil increases Russia's intake of wealth and significantly hobbles the West's economic recovery.  George Soros, the man who crashed Great Britain's currency to make a profit, financially supports many of the organizations on the Left assisting in fomenting the terror taking hold.


"May you live in interesting times."  An ancient Chinese curse which today seems to describe perfectly what is happening globally.  Our task is to understand the motivations behind what is taking place and who benefits.  Cui bono--who benefits?  As you can imagine, it isn't us.

Even Worse Than Kosovo

Combat operations are ongoing in Libya.  This is very close to what happened in the 1990s with ALLIED FORCE, Bill Clinton's adventure in Serbia/Kosovo.  Of course, no good deed goes unpunished.  As a reward for expending our national treasure there, we were thanked by the people of Kosovo with the recent murder of two airmen in Germany.

This is even worse.  At least we had a modicum of intent and objectives (ludicrous though they were--if only people knew the real story behind the campaign plan aka T2K).  Now we are placing good people in harm's way for rapidly shifting objectives with no desired end state in play.  Why is it that every time the Democrats are in charge, it is amateur hour as far as national security is concerned?

If you'd like to get some good background information on what's happening in the Middle East, you should be reading MEMRI (the Middle East Media Research Institute), and  Colonel Dan's blog.

Clueless in San Antonio

Went to the symphony tonight.  As usual, the San Antonio Symphony was superb, but the audience was less so.  The first piece was Mozart's Serenade No. 7 in D Major K.250 (more commonly known as the Haffner Serenade).  Dmitry Sitkovetsky was the guest conductor and violin soloist, and gave a brilliant performance.  The upside to this evening's performance is that it appeared that there were quite a few new attendees at the symphony.  This is great because it means the symphony is reaching more people; however, it has it's downside.

The Haffner Serenade has eight movements to it.  It is customary to not applaud until the entire piece is performed.  You would think that, after observing other people around you NOT applauding when a movement finished, it would dawn on you that maybe you shouldn't be banging your hands together... but no, the new attendees were so locked in their own little worlds that it never occurred to them to look around and observe that over half the audience was sitting quietly and looking at them strangely, too polite to say, "Hey, Goober!  Knock it the hell off!"

I love San Antonio, but it would be nice if the clueless morons who live here would clean the cowshit out of their eyes now and then, pay attention, and stop embarrassing the rest of us.

But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.  (h/t, Dennis Miller)

Utah becomes first in U.S. to designate official state gun

The venerable M1911--one of my favorites!


(h/t Power Line)

Happy Birthday, Jen!

Today is the birthday of a very dear friend.  She is one in a million, and everyone who knows her is blessed by her presence in their life.

A Musical I'd Love to See Produced, But Know They Never Will

"Buttcheeks Over Borneo"

The story of a young jazz bongo player (played by Pee Wee Herman) whose life was tragically cut short while sky diving nude in the South Pacific, and the struggle against white male oppression by the wookie love interest (played by Janeane Garofalo) he left behind.

Book by Weird Al Yankovich

Management Science Tip

The objective is to have gruntled employees.

Daylight Savings Time - BLEAH!

So now I get to deal with having the sun come up in my line of vision while driving to work AGAIN.  Instead of waiting until May (or how about not at all!) to perpetrate this nonsense on us, our brilliant political class had to be seen as "doing something" to save energy.

How about this: If you want more daylight, then get your ass out of bed an hour earlier--leave the rest of us alone.

Phrase of the Day/Week/Month/Whenever

"You monkey balling bastard!" -- This is phrase is best used on the golf course when that 2 foot putt rolls past the hole.  Also useful in other situations when more serious vulgarities would not be appropriate (e.g., you're driving a car filled with nuns and some moron cuts you off in traffic... "You mother f*cking son of a bitch!" would, in this case, not be appropriate; however, if the Archbishop of Canterbury were riding with you, then it would be an altogether different matter).

Welcome

Welcome to my new den.  I may not be home often as I'm a traveling bear.  Feel free to look around, enjoy yourself, but don't leave a mess.  If you do, the tengu stationed at the entrance will have words with you.

I have eclectic tastes, so don't expect me to follow any specific pattern in posting.  I may indulge in venting on any number of subjects, from politics to firearms to foreign policy to martial arts to the military to esoteric energy and meditation to remote viewing and psychic phenomena.  My interests vary widely; however, if you don't enjoy authors like Robert Heinlein, John Ringo, Tom Kratman, David Weber, Thomas Sowell, and Victor Davis Hanson, then you probably won't be interested in reading what I have to say--so sod off!