Nancy Pelosi - Get to Work! Your leadership is needed to get some things done. You were elected in what was clearly a mandate and your House has done almost nothing.
It is reasonable for me to repeat, "Get to Work."
Friday, February 29, 2008
Newest Element Known to Science
A friend sent this and I had to share - no original thought on my part which is reasonable to admit up front.
Subj: Newest element known to science
The University of California at Berkeleyhas just announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named Governmentium.
Governmentium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.
When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element which radiates just as much energy, since it has half as many peons, but twice as many morons.
Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert.
It can be detected, however, as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A reaction that normally takes one minute or less will require a week or more if contaminated by any Governmentium.
The half-life of Governmentium is 4 years. It does not, however, decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a proportion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutron exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.
The characteristic of moron-promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration.
This hypothetical quantity is called Critical Morass.
Subj: Newest element known to science
The University of California at Berkeleyhas just announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named Governmentium.
Governmentium has one neutron, 12 assistant neutrons, 75 deputy neutrons, and 224 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.
When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element which radiates just as much energy, since it has half as many peons, but twice as many morons.
Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert.
It can be detected, however, as it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A reaction that normally takes one minute or less will require a week or more if contaminated by any Governmentium.
The half-life of Governmentium is 4 years. It does not, however, decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a proportion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutron exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.
The characteristic of moron-promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a certain quantity in concentration.
This hypothetical quantity is called Critical Morass.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Nader
The political gods giveth and taketh away.
First George Bush Sr. endorses McCain, almost assuring a Democratic victory in the general election (kiss of death to McCain.) Then, Ralph Nader says he is in - thus helping McCain.
Those political gods are either reasonable or unreasonable. I just don't know which.
First George Bush Sr. endorses McCain, almost assuring a Democratic victory in the general election (kiss of death to McCain.) Then, Ralph Nader says he is in - thus helping McCain.
Those political gods are either reasonable or unreasonable. I just don't know which.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Serbia and Kosovo
This situation in Serbia seems a little complicated. So I called a good friend who, along with his family, moved here from Serbia about 7 years ago.
Here is the analogy he gave. Suppose that for the last 50 years Mexican citizens came illegally to Santa Cruz county in the far south of Arizona. Over those 50 years they eventually accounted for 90% of the inhabitants of Santa Cruz county because the U.S. Government allowed it to happen. Since the illegals now had 90% of the population they thought they should just call it a new country, thus taking the land from the United States.
Would the U.S. allow this to happen? Most assuredly the U.S. Government would not give up the land. Unfortunately, the first part could happen given our porous border and inability to stop the massive influx.
I am sure the Albanians who control the land now called Kosovo have their own take on this situation. However, I guess the land was Serbia's for a very long time and they have a right to keep it. As it stands right now, it is unreasonable for european governments and the U.S. to tell Serbia - just give up your land. We wouldn't allow it, so why should Serbia?
Here is the analogy he gave. Suppose that for the last 50 years Mexican citizens came illegally to Santa Cruz county in the far south of Arizona. Over those 50 years they eventually accounted for 90% of the inhabitants of Santa Cruz county because the U.S. Government allowed it to happen. Since the illegals now had 90% of the population they thought they should just call it a new country, thus taking the land from the United States.
Would the U.S. allow this to happen? Most assuredly the U.S. Government would not give up the land. Unfortunately, the first part could happen given our porous border and inability to stop the massive influx.
I am sure the Albanians who control the land now called Kosovo have their own take on this situation. However, I guess the land was Serbia's for a very long time and they have a right to keep it. As it stands right now, it is unreasonable for european governments and the U.S. to tell Serbia - just give up your land. We wouldn't allow it, so why should Serbia?
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Here's to Raul
Let us hope that Raul Castro brings light to the island of Cuba and that the 49 years of Fidel craziness will end.
I think there are only about 4 communist nations left on earth. It is clearly the failed experiment. Of course China may disagree. However, they will be shown for what they are when the Olympics are in China.
Fidel lasted in power longer than anyone not a monarch. Wow. Goodbye and good riddance.
I think there are only about 4 communist nations left on earth. It is clearly the failed experiment. Of course China may disagree. However, they will be shown for what they are when the Olympics are in China.
Fidel lasted in power longer than anyone not a monarch. Wow. Goodbye and good riddance.
Wild Wild West Update
As of today, 2-19-2008, the AZ legislature has decided to delay a vote on allowing concealed weapons in school. It seems the top cops in the state have said, "Whoa down there big fellas."
They think it will be hard for them to tell the good guys from the bad guys in a real emergency. Hopefully these reasonable minds will prevail and AZ will go back to a trend toward rational thought.
That would be reasonable.
They think it will be hard for them to tell the good guys from the bad guys in a real emergency. Hopefully these reasonable minds will prevail and AZ will go back to a trend toward rational thought.
That would be reasonable.
Monday, February 18, 2008
Kiss of Death
What small hope John McCain had in regard to winning the general election just vanished.
Ex-President Bush (Barbara's husband) has endorsed John McCain. This is the "no new taxes" president that went from Desert Storm popularity to the junk heap in record time. Remember him? He had that cool "thousand points of light" slogan and whooped ol' Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi desert. Then inexplicably, with troops 30 miles from Bagdad, he decided to bring the troops home. Of course a decade later that gave George W. something to do during his presidency. Father looking out for son.
When ever I think of George Sr. I think of Dana Carvey on SNL - he did George better than George did George.
Anyway, his endorsement seems like the kiss of death.
Ex-President Bush (Barbara's husband) has endorsed John McCain. This is the "no new taxes" president that went from Desert Storm popularity to the junk heap in record time. Remember him? He had that cool "thousand points of light" slogan and whooped ol' Saddam Hussein in the Iraqi desert. Then inexplicably, with troops 30 miles from Bagdad, he decided to bring the troops home. Of course a decade later that gave George W. something to do during his presidency. Father looking out for son.
When ever I think of George Sr. I think of Dana Carvey on SNL - he did George better than George did George.
Anyway, his endorsement seems like the kiss of death.
The Wild Wild West
It has always irritated me that people in the east think of Phoenix as an outpost filled with cowboys. In reality Phoenix is the 5th largest city in America with a fairly robust and diverse economy. During the 2001 World Series, the press tried to make us 'Zonies look ridiculous.
Thankfully we beat the evil empire. Sorry, I have digressed.
Now however, I have to agree that Arizona really is the wild wild west. Apparently our part-time amateur government is considering allowing teachers, etc. to carry concealed weapons into the classroom and other school facililties. This is proposed in order to keep our children safe in our schools. What?
I imagine Moses (or Charlton Heston actually) is brimming with pride. The value of the gun has finally been noticed and given its proper due.
This is right up there with the most stupid of ideas I have ever heard. Totally UNREASONABLE!
Thankfully we beat the evil empire. Sorry, I have digressed.
Now however, I have to agree that Arizona really is the wild wild west. Apparently our part-time amateur government is considering allowing teachers, etc. to carry concealed weapons into the classroom and other school facililties. This is proposed in order to keep our children safe in our schools. What?
I imagine Moses (or Charlton Heston actually) is brimming with pride. The value of the gun has finally been noticed and given its proper due.
This is right up there with the most stupid of ideas I have ever heard. Totally UNREASONABLE!
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Conspiracy
My wife is a bit of a conspiracy theorist - sort of a beautiful, female version of Oliver Stone. Anyway, she might be converting me.
The war was going badly and the whole fiasco was at the hands of the Bush administration and the last elections had given control of congress to the Democrats. Yes, they tried to blame the war on Bill Clinton, but that really can't stand up to critique. Bush lied, was caught, never fessed up, and we are entrenched in a horrible mess.
Now however, the economy and the related mortgage fiasco are dominating people's minds and therefore becoming the big issue for the election. Thus Iraq is moving down the list and people are actually beginning to believe that we are "winning." Winning what?
So here is the conspiracy theory - Bush and his handlers dreamed up crazy ways to screw up the economy (no energy policy worth a crap, mortgage rules favoring really rich men with no conscience, $100 a barrel oil, illegal immigrants ((read criminals)) pummeling the already broken healthcare system, etc.) so that the newly elected Democratic congress could be so overwhelmed that they would do nothing, just as the Republican congress before it did nothing.
This gave Bush two things - a failing economy so we would forget about Iraq and the thousands of dying young american troops and a way to make the Democratic congress look ridiculously inept.
Brilliant, reasonable strategy Mr. Bush. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our president dreamed up real solutions instead?
The war was going badly and the whole fiasco was at the hands of the Bush administration and the last elections had given control of congress to the Democrats. Yes, they tried to blame the war on Bill Clinton, but that really can't stand up to critique. Bush lied, was caught, never fessed up, and we are entrenched in a horrible mess.
Now however, the economy and the related mortgage fiasco are dominating people's minds and therefore becoming the big issue for the election. Thus Iraq is moving down the list and people are actually beginning to believe that we are "winning." Winning what?
So here is the conspiracy theory - Bush and his handlers dreamed up crazy ways to screw up the economy (no energy policy worth a crap, mortgage rules favoring really rich men with no conscience, $100 a barrel oil, illegal immigrants ((read criminals)) pummeling the already broken healthcare system, etc.) so that the newly elected Democratic congress could be so overwhelmed that they would do nothing, just as the Republican congress before it did nothing.
This gave Bush two things - a failing economy so we would forget about Iraq and the thousands of dying young american troops and a way to make the Democratic congress look ridiculously inept.
Brilliant, reasonable strategy Mr. Bush. Wouldn't it be wonderful if our president dreamed up real solutions instead?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Shooters
I have to admit I am a bit saddened each time I hear some person goes into a school or mall or church or wherever and shoots a bunch of people and then kills themselves or are shot by the police.
Tragic.
It would be much better if they would just shoot themselves quitely instead of taking innocent people with them and forcing cops to screw up their careers and lives by shooting the dumb a__es which is even more tragic and unreasonable.
Tragic.
It would be much better if they would just shoot themselves quitely instead of taking innocent people with them and forcing cops to screw up their careers and lives by shooting the dumb a__es which is even more tragic and unreasonable.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A Few Updates After Being Away
Stinkin' Giants won the Super Bowl. I guess when they beat the Packers, at Lambeau, they became charmed or something. That catch near the end of the game should be called the Velcro Head Catch.
Barack is rollin!
McCain isn't, but he is going to win the Republican nomination anyway - big lead. It seems the religious right and the other far righties don't like him and they are going to make him and poor Huckabee, well, just that, POOR. Give it up guys - McCain cannot lose the delegate count unless something freakish happens and Huckabee isn't the guy to make freakish happen.
Doesn't matter - if the young open minded people who are pushing the Democrat's process right now vote in the fall - McCain is cooked. After all he is an old white guy who, while a bit of a maverick, in the end reminds people of the old white guys who have basically run the country into the ground over the last few years.
I don't think Senator Obama is yet ready to be President of the United States of America, but maybe if he is elected, minority people, or all people not of privilege, will look up to him and say, "I can be the President of the United States of America" instead of looking up and listening to goof balls like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. That would be worth it. No more listening to their BS that people can't rise up in America unless they are all white.
You know, if we elect Hillary or Barack, we will probably bring back a Republican congress by 2010 before they can do too much damage. Gridlock will again prevail. Gridlock may save this country until we can get a leader (think Ronnie) who can show us the way back.
On a sad note, actor Heath Ledger died in his twenties of a cocktail made of 6 pharmaceutical drugs. Did you see the list of drugs? The list alone will kill you. I hope that the doctor(s) have really good malpractice coverage because here come the lawyers.
Lastly, it is only three weeks to Spring Training and baseball will be back! I imagine the players are all juiced up - I mean jazzed up - and ready to go.
Barack is rollin!
McCain isn't, but he is going to win the Republican nomination anyway - big lead. It seems the religious right and the other far righties don't like him and they are going to make him and poor Huckabee, well, just that, POOR. Give it up guys - McCain cannot lose the delegate count unless something freakish happens and Huckabee isn't the guy to make freakish happen.
Doesn't matter - if the young open minded people who are pushing the Democrat's process right now vote in the fall - McCain is cooked. After all he is an old white guy who, while a bit of a maverick, in the end reminds people of the old white guys who have basically run the country into the ground over the last few years.
I don't think Senator Obama is yet ready to be President of the United States of America, but maybe if he is elected, minority people, or all people not of privilege, will look up to him and say, "I can be the President of the United States of America" instead of looking up and listening to goof balls like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. That would be worth it. No more listening to their BS that people can't rise up in America unless they are all white.
You know, if we elect Hillary or Barack, we will probably bring back a Republican congress by 2010 before they can do too much damage. Gridlock will again prevail. Gridlock may save this country until we can get a leader (think Ronnie) who can show us the way back.
On a sad note, actor Heath Ledger died in his twenties of a cocktail made of 6 pharmaceutical drugs. Did you see the list of drugs? The list alone will kill you. I hope that the doctor(s) have really good malpractice coverage because here come the lawyers.
Lastly, it is only three weeks to Spring Training and baseball will be back! I imagine the players are all juiced up - I mean jazzed up - and ready to go.
Cruisin'
Went on a cruise in the Caribbean. Very nice. Went to St. Thomas (part of the U.S. Virgin Islands), then on to the very poor, but incredibly beautiful Dominica, onward to Barbados, St. Kitts, and then the Dominican Republic.
Went on the Carnival Destiny Funship. It was big, which is good because there were lots of big people as well. Too many cruises with too many buffets I suppose.
This particular cruise left from San Juan Puerto Rico thus there was a large contingent of Spanish speakers. I thought this might bother me, but it did not. Even the announcements being read in both languages didn't bother me. The only exception was the Muster Station Drill. It sucked in English and then in Spanish it really sucked.
For those of you who haven't cruised, Muster Station is where you go if the ship is sinking. People don't listen to the drill in any language so not listening twice was awful. It is like being on a plane, do you really think people will remember the little bag isn't suppose to inflate or to NOT blow up their life vest while on the plane? No way.
If the boat was sinking, people who speak English and those who speak Spanish would equally run in circles screaming and wondering what they are supposed to do.
Anyway, I was pleaseantly surprised that the language issue was not an issue for me. I saw people of all ages, sizes, nationalities, etc. having a good time. Wonderful.
Now on a serious note: Had a couple of beers on the beach in Barbados that were of the local variety. Ended up with some bug and entirely missed the Dominican Republic. Don't drink the local beer is my new mantra!
Did I mention Dominica was poor? It is 96% mountainous, independent, poor, and looks like something out of Jurassic Park. Spectacularly beautiful place. That is hard to say when considering all of the beautiful places we stopped.
In the end, I like St. Thomas and Coki beach. You and your lovely wife (or husband, etc.) go to this little beach with white, soft sand and crystal clear aqua colored water, order a bucket of Miller Lite and a deep fried (or something or other) fish with the head still on and you are having about as good a day as possible.
No, I didn't eat the eyes!
Went on the Carnival Destiny Funship. It was big, which is good because there were lots of big people as well. Too many cruises with too many buffets I suppose.
This particular cruise left from San Juan Puerto Rico thus there was a large contingent of Spanish speakers. I thought this might bother me, but it did not. Even the announcements being read in both languages didn't bother me. The only exception was the Muster Station Drill. It sucked in English and then in Spanish it really sucked.
For those of you who haven't cruised, Muster Station is where you go if the ship is sinking. People don't listen to the drill in any language so not listening twice was awful. It is like being on a plane, do you really think people will remember the little bag isn't suppose to inflate or to NOT blow up their life vest while on the plane? No way.
If the boat was sinking, people who speak English and those who speak Spanish would equally run in circles screaming and wondering what they are supposed to do.
Anyway, I was pleaseantly surprised that the language issue was not an issue for me. I saw people of all ages, sizes, nationalities, etc. having a good time. Wonderful.
Now on a serious note: Had a couple of beers on the beach in Barbados that were of the local variety. Ended up with some bug and entirely missed the Dominican Republic. Don't drink the local beer is my new mantra!
Did I mention Dominica was poor? It is 96% mountainous, independent, poor, and looks like something out of Jurassic Park. Spectacularly beautiful place. That is hard to say when considering all of the beautiful places we stopped.
In the end, I like St. Thomas and Coki beach. You and your lovely wife (or husband, etc.) go to this little beach with white, soft sand and crystal clear aqua colored water, order a bucket of Miller Lite and a deep fried (or something or other) fish with the head still on and you are having about as good a day as possible.
No, I didn't eat the eyes!
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