Some atheists are using a hair dryer to de-baptize themselves. I find that a bit odd since the atheist crowd tends to be down on the pomp and ceremony of religion.

Now, I know Jeff Cooper was kinda the man when it came to guns and tactics and such. But I never got the concept of the scout rifle. It does every thing OK but nothing great. Seems you would be better served with, say, an AK. Dropping the caliber to 5.56 just screams that you would be better served by an AR-15. But Tam seems to think they’re cool.

So, I asked earlier why they make me get a cashiers check as part of closing. So, at closing, I decided to ask. The title guy said it was required by state law. I asked if cash would have been OK and he said it would have been.

Also, we went to a local bank to close. The bank had nothing to do with the transaction other than, apparently, the title guy or mortgage lady rented a conference room from them that was convenient for us to get to. Heading into the bank, I was met with this sign that caused me to stop and laugh out loud:

From Misc

Wow. Relying on a sign. Why not put up a Robbing is Prohibited sign? And there’s the fact that their other sign prohibiting weapons does not appear to comply with Tennessee State Law which has requirements for signs prohibiting the otherwise lawful carrying of weapons by permit holders.

Regardless of that, I won’t be doing any business with BankEast.

Update: Heh:

Why didn’t they just staple a sprig of wolfsbane and a few cloves of garlic over the doorway while they were at it?

Closing today. We refinanced (4.5% for 15 years, if you must know). As part of the closing, I have to take a cashiers check. Well, they’ve run every financial stress test on me they can and I’m more liquid than Bank of America, which isn’t saying much. They know what I got, where it’s at, and where it’s coming from. Why not just take, say, my check. They know I have it. I have to make an extra stop and pay a fee now.

I ought to just show up with a few thousand in one dollar bills to see what happens.

So, let me get this straight. You shelled out $25 to drink weasel shit?

I’ve noticed a bit of chatter about atheists getting organized. It’s like they’re forming churches or something. Which is odd because I thought one of the branches of atheism was the anti-theists which tend to be more anti-church. The local talk radio had a bit on it this morning and the NYT did too.

I don’t get the fascination. Seriously. Not at all.

To the right, he’s some sort of everyman, regular Joe bringing a middle class clarity to everything from taxes to the middle east. He’s almost elevated to saintly pundit status for the conservative crowd. He got a cool job out of this deal.

To the left, he’s an evil shill of the right who should be destroyed for having the audacity to be standing there when Obama happened to want to ask him some questions.

To the press (but I repeat myself), he was worthy of having his personal records ransacked by local political hacks (who then lost their jobs) because he was a threat to Obama. The country watched as they attempted to dig up every bit of dirt on a regular Joe that they could.

Seriously, why is he perceived as such a threat to the left? And why is he perceived as so awesome to the right?

I really don’t get it.

A bit back, I gave Katie Granju a bit of a hard time (along with an offer to take her to the range) about her feelings on guns. Specifically, I noted her apprehensiveness with respect to firearms despite her having a real desire to defend her family. She expands on the issue a bit here.

Now, it gets weird. Guns are all, like, icky and stuff. But apparently it’s OK to give kids knives and tell them to stab people who are threatening:

As part of that program, the kids had a discussion with an adult facilitator about how they would react if faced with a dangerous situation. E. apparently responded with his trademark honesty by calmly relating that if someone tried to grab him, he would stab the attacker in the heart with his pocketknife.

The result? I got a phone call from the school, and E. got a trip to the principal’s office. The school assumed that E’s response was evidence of an unhealthy aggressive streak, perhaps stemming from his parents’ messy divorce. In fact, there was no emotional trauma at play here: my son was just repeating the same thing we’ve talked about at home. If some guy ever grabs my child, and my child happens to have his pocketknife on him, of course he should stab the attacker. Or kick him. Or bite him. Or poke his eyes out. Or do whatever he could to hurt the bad guy and get away.

And I do let my children have pocketknives. In fact, both of my sons have enjoyed having a pocketknife since the age I felt they were old enough to handle one safely – about 8 years old.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m all for teaching kids how to defend themselves. But what I can’t understand is why she approves of a knife for her children but is uncomfortable at the thought of guns. Seems to me that, in a defensive situation, one would want the best tool one could have and that would be a gun. And it’s not like guns have magical powers.

I’m all for teaching kids responsible gun handling as well. In fact, I told Junior I was going to build her a pink AR-15. And she reminds me about that at least weekly. And I tell her that’s for when she gets older. But I wouldn’t let her carry one around.

Anyway, my offer to Katie still stands. If she wants to head to the range, range time and ammo are on me.

The Sig P250. It was in this month’s American Rifleman. And Rusty has a video on it here. I really don’t see the point of a receiver that can transform calibers, etc. It’s a Sig and, for their usual prices, you could just buy another gun.

Clarksville, TN:

Some military families at Fort Campbell recently have received the worst news imaginable, only to find out it was a hoax.

It happened again last week, when two men visited a home on post to inform the family that their deployed soldier had been killed overseas.

In fact, the soldier was fine.

I know the Ayers issue is so three days ago, but for anyone still interested, NPR details the full extent of Obama’s relationship with Ayers over the years.

Of course, there are some who will always insist that this ought to be an issue, when there’s clearly no “there” there, but for anybody else, it’s worth checking out.

UPDATE: Vinny has more…

There comes a time in every man’s life, I think, when he must look back upon his home town, and be deeply ashamed.

You don’t know how many times this happens to me. Someone is giving me directions somewhere. And they say something like take 129 South from 411. Or You know, where Old Niles Ferry crosses 129 South. And I’ll say Huh? No idea what you’re talking about. And then they’ll say something like You know, take 411. There’s a light by a Citgo station. Make a left there.

And then it hits me: They mean make a left at the porn store. And then I say Oh, you mean make a left at the porn store. They look at me perplexed, as if they never noticed it was there. And I usually say something like How can you miss it? It’s got signs like 30 feet tall that say X X X ADULT SUPERSTORE and ADULTS ONLY and until recently it was painted bright red?

You know, when I mention the porn store, I’m not saying that you go there. I’m just pointing out that it’s a big landmark and it’s impossible for you to not know that it is there. So, why are you acting that way? Are my fellow Maryvillians so uptight that they can’t even acknowledge the porn store?

Any way, it always cracks me up.

BTW, I’ve talked about our local porn store before and his fight with the local authorities. See posts here. Turns out, the old owner has sold it because now the big signs that say X X X ADULT SUPERSTORE now have NEW OWNER plastered on them. And the new owners put up siding and stone as opposed to the former bright red paint. It almost looks respectable. Or at least, less offensive.

I know. Today is April 2nd and this should have been posted yesterday. But actually this is a true story.

CNN founder Ted Turner argued that inaction on global warming “will be catastrophic” and those who don’t die “will be cannibals.”

Even more shocking is that the mass cannibalism will happen in only ten to thirty years.

Not doing it will be catastrophic. We’ll be eight degrees hottest in ten, not ten but 30 or 40 years and basically none of the crops will grow. Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.

Audio clip

James reminds us it exists.

Hillary Clinton Says She Can Control Her Husband.

If she wants to. She just doesn’t want to.

All have consumed the Ethanol kool-aid. Not good. The only positive thing about Thompson’s new position is at least he recognizes national security as part of the equation. I wish someone which teach these guys about entropy. Corn based Ethanol doesn’t help anyone. Expect for those ADM folks. And maybe some Tennessee folks.

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As you may know last week I took the reigns of Nashville’s television station WKRN website blog NiT “Nashville is Talking”. No one including me knew what to expect. NiT was a pioneer in having not one but two blogs with paid commentators. Brittney Gilbert commented at NiT and Adam Kleinheider commented at Volunteer Voters. Brittney Gilbert resigned from NiT after being harassed by the extremist left wing bloggers from the Jesus General blog. Shortly after this program director Mike Sechrist left WKRN and changes were seen at both WKRN blogs.

A string of guest bloggers who were unpaid came through NiT. None could find the magic formula until William took control of NiT. For months posts of extremist leftist yellow blogism spewed forth. These were reruns from the Daily Kos, Media Matters, Democrat Underground, Moveon.org, Pandagon, and of course Jesus General. It was the worst kind of Hate America First tripe available in Tennessee, which is no small accomplishment. It was as if George Soros had a telepathic link to William.

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Seriously? Do they have a taste?

Yikes. Why do people that are handcuffed try to kick out the window of the cop cruiser? That seems to really piss off the cops.

Am I wrong in thinking this policeman could use a Dale Carnegie course? Ditto for the drunk suspect.

So was this policeman a little trigger happy with the tazer? Or should police have the right to taze suspects multiple times if they do not comply with instructions?

Once in a while I read KnoxBlab. It has some good local information and some off the wall stuff like the latest YouTubes that are interesting. You can also find the latest Top five Songs of any category.

One of the local socialist anarchists wrote about 9/11, “On this the anniversary of an unfortunately successful criminal attack on our nation, I refuse invitations of a moment of silence. That is indeed the problem. Too many of us have been too silent for too long. To honor those who had all taken from them, who were killed in most ironic fashion as are all victims of “Holy Wars”, I pledge not a moment of silence but instead, a lifetime noisy, raucous, unwavering support for the Constitution that the criminals and their cowardly cohorts in our own government are attempting to fully obviate.”

I replied, “Criminal attack? Are you Bill Clinton? That was an act of War.”

So this brings the question, America was attacked on 9/11, was this an act of War?

There is no liberal bias in the media. Okay, maybe that is not reasoned discourse.

Maybe we should consult a different source.

The liberal media watchdog group has released a study saying syndicated columnists are dominated by conservatives.

From Editor & Publisher: His group found that 60 percent of the daily newspapers print more conservative syndicated columnists each week than liberals. Twenty percent of the papers are dominated by liberals and 20 percent are balanced. Media Matters had no information on local columnists.

The study also did not look at news decisions and placement, editorials, editorial cartoons, guest columnists, space used for liberal/conservative issues or letters to the editor. It also failed to survey the leanings of newsroom employees.

Nice try, Media Matters, but your study is like judging a vehicle by its tires.

It seems safe to say that liberals are mad as hell and they are not going to take it anymore. Do you think they hate Thomas Sowell because he is black?

Biofuels, championed for reducing energy reliance, boosting farm revenues and helping fight climate change, may in fact hurt the environment and push up food prices, a study suggested on Tuesday.

You mean we should eat the corn instead of putting it in the gas tank? Who knew?

You have to love the marketing people at McDonald’s. They have no pride or remorse and they are quite brilliant.

Take their latest ploy. Many people want to save the Earth from Global Warming. So how can a company that sells hamburgers capitalize on this trend? Remember, their product is hamburgers. Perhaps the most dangerous product on Earth as far as Global Warming is concerned.

In Japan you can buy a Big Mac for half price if you download a form that shows how to reduce Global Warming. Do you think there is anything on that form that suggests eating fewer Big Mac’s will prevent Global Warming?

Genius. Give them an A, for audacity.

Although it’s not the kind I wanted to do. If you’re going to have guns, for the love of Pete, keep ‘em away from your kids!

Here’s hoping the kid makes a full recovery.

For some time citizens of Knox County have wondered if County Mayor Mike Ragsdale was the Emperor with no clothes. No matter what kind of mistake was made on the western end of the sixth floor of the City County Building or how serious that mistake is, it is always passed off as some trivial issue such as a bookkeeping mistake or clerical error. The news is always given by an underling and along with a positive quote from the County Mayor.

One Knox County taxpayer has had enough. Lewis Cosby called and talked with the County Mayor on the Hallerin Hill radio program on WNOX and questioned the Mayor Ragsdale for several minutes about the P-Card (purchasing credit card) abuse from the Mayor and his staff as well as the travel expenses for the Mayor, his Chief of Staff Mike Arms, Senior Communications Director Dwight Van de Vate and Chief Financial Officer John Werner. Mayor Ragsdale was very positive and upbeat. When Lewis Cosby asked the Mayor if a person could examine the P-Card statements and receipts Mayor Ragsdale said, “Come on up anytime, I’ve never met you, I like to have a chance to talk to you, swing by someday.”

WBIR reports that Lewis Cosby did exactly that. In a television interview with WBIR Mr. Cosby, a former CPA who at one time audited Knox County government, expressed his shock with what he had found. Lewis Cosby said, “In all my career, these records as to expenditures and lack of documentation is some of the worst I have ever seen. Records are missing, receipts are missing, entire statements for certain people are missing.”

Lewis Cosby compiled a list of 59 questions about the P-Cards plus more about the Hospitality Account. Mr. Cosby says the Hospitality Account is negative and has been negative for two years. He can’t understand why the Mayor kept spending.

You can watch the Lewis Cosby interview on WBIR here.

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Today we learn that “Producing 2.2lb of beef generates as much greenhouse gas as driving a car non-stop for three hours.”

“Su Taylor, the press officer for the Vegetarian Society, told New Scientist: “Everybody is trying to come up with different ways to reduce carbon footprints, but one of the easiest things you can do is to stop eating meat.”

Hmmm….the Vegetarian Society cares about Global Warming? Who knew?

In other news, we see at the Huffington Puffington Post, Generation Chickenhawk: the Unauthorized College Republican Convention Tour. Max Blumenthal has a video piece on “a vivid portrait of the hypocritical mentality of the next generation of Republican leaders.” The Chickenhawk paradox is one of the great philosophical debates of all time. Perhaps the great philosopher Toby Keith will write a song about the bravery of our protesters. They are the real patriots aren’t they?

Blumenthal makes an interesting point, why should we be fighting them “over there”? Which makes you wonder if Blumenthal would prefer that we fight them “over here”? Whether or not you agree with Max Blumenthal no one can doubt his courage.

Al Gore wrote in the New York Times on July 1st, “This is not a political issue. This is a moral issue, one that affects the survival of human civilization. It is not a question of left versus right; it is a question of right versus wrong. Put simply, it is wrong to destroy the habitability of our planet and ruin the prospects of every generation that follows ours.”

The former Vice President goes on to give a science lesson on Carbon Dioxide and the Planets of the Solar System. He manages to get almost everything wrong.

Mr. Gore’s “facts” are so egregious that a well thought out response titled “Gore: Ignorant or Dishonest?” was written by George Reisman. It is well worth the read.

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Via WBIR by way of “The Tennessean” comes a shocking headline, “Ten percent of Tennessee children now diagnosed with ADHD.”

Give me a break. The story says, “Causes are unknown.”

Oh please. One in ten? Since when did this happen? Does that seem in any way probable to you? Is it even possible? A lot of young kids are being raked over the coals.

Is crazy.

But this story is too funny.

Oliver Stone wanted to do a “biopic” on Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Now Mr. Stone is quite miffed that he has been rebuked by Ahmadinejad’s media advisor who was quoted as saying, “While it is true that Oliver Stone is considered to be among the opposition in the U.S., the opposition is still part of the Great Satan.”

Stone, not one to be upstaged replied, “I wish the Iranian people well and I only hope their experience with an inept, rigid idealogue president goes better than ours.”

Carry on Mr. Stone.

but not worth getting arrested for.

R. Neal:

Over the next few weeks we can expect to hear from a lot of patriotic right-wing “fact checkers” who haven’t and won’t see the movie bashing that communist Michael Moore and his manufactured “liberal myths” about health care in the US.

Well, given Moore’s willful misrepresentations in the past, I’d say it won’t be hard.

Update: Says R. Neal: See what I mean? More criticism from someone who hasn’t even seen the movie. He should have taken us up on our offer of a free ticket.

I didn’t criticize the movie, I criticized Moore. And he’s right, I won’t see it. I saw Roger and Me and used to watch Moore’s show on Fox (Revenge or something like that?). And found it entertaining. But Moore’s blatant lies in Bowling for Columbine (which I watched twice) lend him zero credibility. He’s a hack and a liar and I’d have to double check if he told me the sky was blue. Any valid point he wanted to make, I won’t see due to his reputation.

And: The most puzzling thing to me, though, is why can’t 70% of the people drown out the noise of the 30% dead-enders with facts and logic? I guess we just need to make more noise.

Well, that’s rather the problem: Moore makes up the facts that fit his story. Sicko will be no different.

Update 2: In comments, BlountTruth (not someone I’d expect to agree with Moore) says:

Well I must say I have seen the film and he does (if only for once) make a good point. Bowling for columbine was a giant steamy load of horse shite, but he makes great points in “Siko”.

Even if you hate Moore the message in this film has fact and sad to say the present system sucks. Not much unlike our political system money has corrupted the system to a point that we let people die based on whether they have coverage and not based on respect for life.

This movie is not based on the sad, sad uninsured, but rather those of us that actually work and pay loads each month for the coverage that in out greatest times of need we are denied coverage. I have heard more than once over the course of the last 4 weeks that we would be better off if we were illegal immigrants due to the fact that their tab is picked up by the tax payer when it comes to health care, and this may very well be a fact.

Hate the man or not I will always listen to what anyone has to say, saving enough time to tell them why in my opinion they are wrong, and on this one it is my opinion that there has to be a better system out there then the present

Hate the man, but respect the message.

Now, I thought Moore’s overall point in Columbine was a valid one. And that point was blaming video games, rock stars, etc. for violence was stupid. However, it’s equally stupid to blame guns. Yet, he spent considerable time bashing pro gun folks and was less than forthright about it.

Ok, then.

Update 3: Well, patriotic right-wing “fact checker” Kurt Loder of MTV says:

Unfortunately, Moore is also a con man of a very brazen sort, and never more so than in this film. His cherry-picked facts, manipulative interviews (with lingering close-ups of distraught people breaking down in tears) and blithe assertions (how does he know 18,000* people will die this year because they have no health insurance?) are so stacked that you can feel his whole argument sliding sideways as the picture unspools.

Super Dave on why he’s not getting an iPhone:

I love the MP3 player, but I want my $600 back that I spent on my 3G 20gig iPod. The battery has died twice on it, now it won’t even sync anymore.

I bought a 4gig Nano a few months ago as my replacement. I just don’t have the coin at the moment to splurge on an 80 gig, and I definitely am not interested in the iPhone.

Well, I’m not buying one for the same reason I don’t buy anything from Apple: None of their stuff works with any of my other stuff. It’s a bunch of proprietary crap that is useless to me. People went nuts over the iPod. Not sure why. I looked into it and, unsurprisingly, it’s not compatible with anything I have. So, I’m not in the iCult and don’t drink the iKool-iAid.

In the early 1990s, I bought a pretty fancy home stereo. And in the mid 1990s I bought a big screen TeeVee. All this stuff now resides in The Play Room. Upstairs in the living room, I have a plasma TeeVee. Anyway, the receiver on my downstairs stereo blew up. And whenever I replace the offending fuse, it blows up again. I figured it’s toast. So, I went to Best Buy (wherein, I got a ticket) to check out getting a new one. Well, this home entertainment stuff is now absolutely and completely different than when I last bought any thing. I mean, I stared at the offerings with literally dumbfounded amazement and had no idea what I was even looking at. I’m guessing in the next bit, I’ll have to upgrade in addition to buying a new receiver. So, I figured I’d go ahead and get something compatible with potential future upgrades because my downstairs TeeVee (while quite nice) is old.

So, is there any sort of Post 1990s Home Entertainment For Dummies? I mean, what should I get? How much should I expect to shell out? Anything that’s a waste of money? I really am clueless.

Update: Oops. Apparently, I closed comments by mistake.

Ask, and ye shall receive.

So, the pope issued ten commandments for drivers. Allow me to suggest my own:

Pay attention. I know you’re busy and all but your focus should be on driving, not returning calls.

The left lane is for passing. Not for teaching me a lesson. So, get out of the way. The only lesson you’re teaching me is that you’re an asshole.

At a four way stop, the shittiest car does not actually have the right of way.

Yield is not a suggestion. Conversely, it also doesn’t mean give up.

If you’re doing 20MPH in a 45MPH on a rural road just taking in the scenery, remember that some of us (namely the 15 people behind you who want to pummel you to death) may have places to be or may have spent a long day at the office and want to get home. So, at first opportunity, pull over and let us pass since you’re obviously not in a hurry.

Be courteous. But not stupid. If traffic is backed up, I’ll let people trying to get on the road out. However, I probably won’t let all 20 of them out.

If you’re going to be making, say, a right turn in the next little bit, maybe you should go ahead and get in the right hand lane. As opposed to what you usually do, which is wait until the last minute, cut three people off, and almost cause a traffic fatality through your own stupidity.

Signal your intentions when appropriate. But not 1.25 miles ahead of time.

When you see emergency vehicles, get out of their way. They might be going to your house.

Keep it together. Some idiot out there is not enough reason to jeopardize your life. And it’s generally not a good idea to act out of anger when you’re in a several thousand pound, metal box on wheels that’s going fast.

Riding my rear is a pointless exercise if I’m trapped behind someone else and have no where to go.

If you ride a motorcycle, it’s probably not smart to hug the center line so you can pass. All it takes is one guy not paying attention to change lanes and you’re road paste.

When the light turns green, make sure it’s the road is clear and then go. Expeditiously. Don’t finish curling your hair, drink a cup of coffee, and fiddle with the radio. We only got so much time to get through.

If you see a sign that says merge left, go ahead and do that as soon as you can. As opposed to sticking it out in the right lane for as long as you can. See, 15 other idiots decided to do the same thing and when they run out of road and have to merge at the last second, that’s what causes most of the traffic congestion.

I’m not sure what kind of sadistic prick gets their jollies from the misfortune of others, but coming to an almost complete stop to check out the aftermath of a car accident is not only unsafe, it makes you a dickhead.

Learn the rules for pedestrians. They generally have right of way.

A Stop sign does not actually say Stop unless oncoming traffic is a bicyclist (note: I just bought a bike and take my kids for rides. Drivers really are dangerous when you’re on a bike).

Do not pass people, pull over in front of them and then make a turn. Seriously, who are you people?

No, you can’t has a fucking cheezburger, urz a goddamn cat.

Please stop emailing me, linking, or generally mentioning this lolcatz crap.

Thank you.

Update: heh.

Seen on a video here:

Parenting is too hard. Help us MPAA.

You are bankrupt.

Have a nice day.

Over in Progressiveville an interesting conversation is going on about “Whatsa Progressive Blogger to do?” It sounds a little religious but it is an interesting read.

What caught my eye was this, “That’s what’s so frustrating about intellectual frauds like #9. They engage in discussion in bad faith. They’re not out to learn; they’re out to proselytize their disinformation to the credulous. And see, that’s where this whole bargain breaks down – because it’s *their* mission to spread *their* version of events, or whatever, and it’s completely at odds with your mission. That’s an irreconcilable collision.”

If you have ever engage “progressives” ie “liberals who can’t really admit they are liberals” in any kind of discussion you may appreciate the Pot calling the Kettle black meme here.

I don’t know what brought this about, maybe the specter of Fred Thompson getting into the Presidential race, but there is no joy in Mudville Progressiveville.

When you have had discussions with “progressives”, do you feel they engage in discussion in good faith?

Look here, Mr. Bicyclist. I appreciate that you’re doing your part by not increasing auto emissions into the air thereby ensuring we don’t die at the hands of global warming. I mean, really, kudos! It’s not like you’re buying lame-ass carbon offsets while gallivanting around in a private jet. So, seriously, good job. But . . .

You are either traffic or a pedestrian. You can’t go switching when it’s convenient. I’ve been behind you, going slow because you seem incapable of doing 45 MPH and don’t have the decency to, you know, get the fuck over a little bit. And we do have minimum speeds in these parts. But I have no problem with it since you’re saving the world from manbearpig and all that. But when we pull up to the red light and you hop up on the sidewalk and go through the crosswalk, that makes you an asshole in my book. If you’re in such a damn hurry, get a car. And, if you’re in a hurry, you should realize that other people (who may be behind you) have shit to do also and maybe instead of driving in the middle of the lane, you could get over a bit. But that’s not the dumbest thing. The dumbest bit is when you decide you want to be traffic again so you just hop off the curb back into the street causing the soccer mom a few cars up from me to drop anchor on her minivan to keep from turning you into a squishy red spot that attracts bugs. Maybe you should put rear view mirrors on that thing or at least look. A several thousand pound Kia Sedona vs. you and your little girl shorts isn’t much of a contest. Just sayin’.

Pick a side, we’re at war.

Seriously? One’s always there. I have several. But I also always have a cell phone to keep me abreast of the time. My office has a clock and a computer to let me know the time. I’m always in view of a clock at my house. My car has one. Any place I go has one.

So, why do I wear one?

Seriously, what’s your damn problem?

San Francisco has banned plastic grocery bags. This is to save the planet. You may remember it wasn’t that long ago that only eco-terrorists asked for paper bags. People would turn in horror and explain how a living tree had to be sacrificed to make that paper bag.

Today we are much wiser. Paper bags are back. We understand that trees are a renewable resource and actually using plastic grocery bags is eco-terrorism. We just didn’t know. Of course really eco-conscious people bring there own burlap bags.

Let me clue you in. There is no right answer. No matter what you do someone will say it is not enough. The reality is we live in a world of Hobson choices.

Let me tell you the next eco-scare that will take about five years to come to fruition. Compact fluorescent bulbs will be banned. California is currently considering banning incandescent lights bulbs because the planet has a fever. Even though most people know compact fluorescent bulbs contain mercury they will buy them because sheeple are followers. Better to do what you are told than to think for yourself.

Do you think the people in California will start recycling programs for Compact fluorescent bulbs before they ban the incandescent bulbs? Probably not. Sheeple have to be led.

Invariably, you have driven down the street and seen a billboard for some female real estate agent. On the billboard is a giant shot of her mug all dolled up, resembling a session taken at Glamour Shots. I guess people look for attractiveness when buying property.

Is there a need for more than a few? I mean really.

And a new category!

I don’t get sweater vests. I’ve never been cold and had my arms stay warm. I guess they’re like shorts for your torso, only you wear stuff under them. So, it’s like wearing shorts over your pants. The only use I see them having is to 1) conceal a gun or 2) carry stuff. And they look gay.