Universal Health Care Hell

Cuban Dictator, Fidel Castro, pictured here in happier times with close friends, is in very grave condition after receiving less than adequate health care.

Experts Say Castro Surgery Seems To Have Been Botched .

The article gets a little gruesome at times, but socialized medicine is replete with grisly medical mishaps. In an effort to spare Castro a colostomy, what they did was to try to establish continuity of the bowel by sewing the colon to the rectum. A Korean prosthetic colon. Three unsuccessful surgeries. Infection.

Yikes! It sounds like something out of Hillary's health care reform plan.

At least the Cuban doctors didn't sew the colon to Castro's optic nerve. Optic rectalitis would set in and Castro would develop a crappy outlook on life.

The Queen Of Blood

FLIX is showing this sci-fi classic movie tomorrow at 9 a.m. and again at 5 p.m. Pre-saging "Alien", "Lifeforce", and "Species", this movie is a must see.

Yes, this is the sci-fi geek in me busting loose ;-)

Wise Jefferson

From Ted Sampley of the U.S. Veteran Dispatch comes

What Thomas Jefferson Learned
From The Muslim Book Of Jihad .

A timely history lesson it would behoove us Americans to learn.


[The BLOG note: Hat tip to Auntie M. for sending this my way :-)]

Clinton's Burglar

From RealClearPolitics.com comes
Sandy Berger: What Did He Take And Why Did He Take It?
by Ronald A. Cass.

It's a good piece that questions the lack of MSM interest in a case that eclipses or, at the very least, rivals Watergate.

I find it especially infuriating today when jury selection began for the trial of Lewis "Scooter" Libby.

Darth Armani

A model wears a creation by Giorgio Armani during the Milan Men's Fashion Week .

I expected more from Armani...

At his prices, he could have at least included the Darth Vader helmet.

Blog Tees

I know the feeling.



Broken image t-shirt... we all know the feeling ;-)

More cool stuff from the warped folks at Jinx.com

One To Beam Up

After listening to Representative David Wu (D-Oregon) give his Vulcans and Klingons in the White House speech, I'm having trouble picking just one smartass reply...

Don't let stoopid Democrats send real Representatives to the House. It's wrong!

Reality, please send Mr. Wu the check.

I'm a huge Trek fan, but even I know it's just a TV show!

Oh, Margaret!

This first week has been a bad week for Democrats.

Fishy Pelosi Business

On Wednesday, the House voted to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour everywhere except on the island of American Samoa.

Why is that significant?

75% of Samoa is employed by Starkist Tuna. Starkist Tuna's parent company is Del Monte Corp., whose headquarters just happen to be in San Franciso, Speaker Pelosi's home district.

The Washington Times wrote about it GOP Hits Pelosi's 'Hypocrisy' On Wage Bill , but don't expect significant changes.

A spokeswoman for Mrs. Pelosi said Wednesday that the speaker has not been lobbied in any way by StarKist or Del Monte.

Just like I don't think Democrats deserve a stoopid pass, they don't deserve a corruption pass either.

Boxer Botch

In the news again is Barbara Boxer (D-Ca), shown here aspiring to be the Senate's entry in ex-Rep. James Trafficant's Hairdo Hair-don'ts Contest...

From The New York Post comes Boxer's Low Blow which describes Boxer's obtuse attack on Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice during Rice's defense of the recent tactical change in the Iraq war.

Here is a strident feminist attacking a successful professional woman for not having had children to send to the war!!!

The irony of this is too much for my stomach to take. First, Rice's reproductive history is none of Boxer's business and not open for use as policital fodder, and secondly, here is a stridently feminist professional woman attacking a (decidedly smarter) professional woman for being childless.

Hello?

Does Senator Boxer not hear how idiotic her words sound when she speaks?

Can you imagine the kerfuffle had a Republican said something this inane?

I don't think Democrats deserve a pass to be stoopid.

Cat Blog Friday

For this Cat Blog Friday...

...a close-up of our pretty cat, Pepper, showing off her little fangs.

Happy Friday, everybody.

Rosie vs Trump

This feud has been going on for 3 weeks with no end in sight. It has dragged others into the nasty fray... Barbara Walters, Meredith Viera, Conan O'Brien, and now, Madonna who, in a terribly bad British accent, has come out defending galpal Rosie.

Honestly, who cares if these publicity hounds trash each other to pieces. I say a pox on all their houses.

Yvonne De Carlo 1922-2007

Sadly, actress Yvonne De Carlo, best known for her role as Lily Munster, has died at the age of 84.

More than just an iconic vampire mom on TV, De Carlo was an accomplished actress and, in her heyday, one of the great glamour queens of Hollywood.

She will be missed.

Momofuku Ando 1910-2007

Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant Ramen noodles, died of a heart attack in Japan on Saturday, January 6th.

In appreciation for your tasty, yet inexpensive dish, I won't make a gratuitous joke about your name ;-)

Slasher Ted

Democrats Split Over Iraq Approach ...

"In the most aggressive of the new tactics, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, has said he will introduce legislation on Tuesday to require the president to gain new Congressional authority before sending more troops to Iraq. The bill is the first proposal in the Senate that would prohibit paying for an increase in American troops over their level on Jan. 1."

Clearly, Ted is pining for a Vietnam redux, but unlike Vietnam, Iraq is a front in the global war on terror. It won't be easy, it won't be cheap, but it is a war America can't afford to lose.

For crying out loud, will somebody please tell me why is this reprehensible turd of a man is starting his 45th year in the U.S. Senate?

45 years!

Just think about that...

Library Liability

It sounds like something out of Seinfeld, but it's true: Library Book Returned 47 Years Overdue . Robert Nuranen paid $171.32 in library fines and cheesily blamed his mother's housekeeping for the loss.

And Stolen Library Book Leads To Shooting? . Police say a security guard at the Anderson County Library in South Carolina fired his gun at a car after the driver triggered a security alarm.

Where is Mr. Bookman when you need him?

Sisterly Weiner Mischief

From WLTX.com comes this wacky story:

Hot Dog Mailed Between Sisters For 54 Years .

Flora Zimbelman says it all started 54 years ago when she put an uncooked hot dog in her sister's suitcase. Her sister, Rose, mailed it back. They spent the next 54 years sneaking the same hot dog back into eachother's life.

"I found it under my pillow once, I found it in between the drapes and once I found it in the kitchen drawer," said Flora.

Flora and Rose are two zany women.

Laptop Anti-Theft Device

From humanbeans.net comes Powerpizza to disguise your laptop as a pizza box.

What if somebody wants to steal your pizza?

Broken Vows

"Monday, January 8, 2007: The House is not in session." - Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on the first full week of the new congress.

According to the Drudge Report Hill sources claim The House is taking Monday 'off' this week, because of the championship football game between Ohio State and the University of Florida.

100 hours...starting...soon

Boo Democrats.

Go Gators.

Foul Gas

NY Gas Smell Shuts Trains And Forces Evacuations .

Has anybody asked if Michael Moore is in the vicinity?

Dali-Atomicus

According to Neatorama Philippe Halsman's most famous 'jump' photograph, Dali-Atomicus, "took 6 hours, 28 jumps, and a roomful of assistants throwing angry cats and buckets of water into the air to get the perfect exposure."

How could anyone not love a photo that features Dali, atomic theory, throwing angry cats and buckets of water?

Ransom Riggs gives the rationale for his picks of 13 Photographs That Changed The World .

I would add the flag being raised at Iwo Jima and certainly something from 9/11, perhaps the cross standing amidst the rubble at Ground Zero.

If you had your own list, which would you add or remove?

The NAME

This search explains the genesis of the The BLOG:



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Cat Blog Friday

For this Cat Blog Friday...

...a cat fan of Speaker Pelosi.

Happy Friday, everybody!

Post-It Note Jaguar

See how Inphonic employees carried out their wicked practical joke on Walt, a fellow employee, in the InPhonic garage...

Post-It Note Jaguar .

These people are nothing if not determined.

Spoon Danger

Spoon danger for an Australian Woman Who Swallowed A Spoon In A Laughing Fit.

That must have been one heck of a good joke.

Honestly, you just can't make up this stuff.

Where's Osama?

Oops! CNN Mixes Up Obama And Osama .

And the mea culpas will be endless.

Happy Birthday To Me-ow?

Today is my birthday. Happy, happy, joy joy.

Today via Brooke @ NeoCon Command Center , I found out that I am:

20% Dog, 80% Cat

You are are almost exactly like a cat.
You're intelligent, independent, and set on getting your way.
And there's no way you're going to fetch a paper for anyone!


Are You More Cat or Dog?
http://www.blogthings.com/areyoumorecatordogquiz/

Best Buds

Meet Booger, the dog, Kitty the cat, and white mouse, Mousie. According to owner Greg Pike, they are best buddies.

What a sweet way to start the new year.

Cat Blog Friday

This Cat Blog Friday pic should've been posted last Friday, but I had a cold and...yada, yada, yada...

... a cat telling Santa his Christmas wishlist... two mousies, a squirrel, some Pounce treats, and those delicious little cans of tuna fillets in sauce...

Happy Friday, everybody!

Lonely Liveshot

John Kerry's recent visit to Iraq was a lonely one.

Per Powerline's Troops Halp Jon Carry In Irak , he got the silent treatment from the troops.

Kerry just doesn't get it.

Christmas Cheer

Click here to hear some Christmas cheer from my family to yours.

Turn up the volume because these reindeer can really sing... unlike our German shepherd Dax ;-)

Merry Christmas to all.