Cunning is as cunning does...............

UPDATE on al-Sadr: http://farmersletters.blogspot.com/
April 9 thanks, Farmer John.

AHA! Is this BEAUTIFUL!?? Sure...play the Iraqi government against us...force them to protect Iraqis from US! "Hey, Iraqi government...you either protect the Iraqi public against America or we'll stop the 7 month ceasefire!"

NOBODY can call al-Sadr a fool, that's for SURE. The NYTimes will adore this one....Chris Matthews may never come down from the clouds, and Code Pink will call for a holiday for al-Sadr's birthday..............How do you fight this cunning?

They're GOOD over there, sure a lot better than Bush's PR ever, EVER was. Hey, Dana? You're pretty, but we need you to get cunning, too. (except the NYTimes will expose anything you come up with, make you and Bush look stupid, and keep whining about how we're losing the war, of course)

Another way to fight global warming!

Who said Global Warming was FAIR, right? Get a load of this wonderful and very true exchange Priscilla wrote me about yesterday, shortly after it happened:

“I had some fun this morning. We got a mailer from the Edison Co. informing us that we could apply for a consumer discount of up to $200.00 for the summer for agreeing to allow them to cut air conditioner use for up to 6 hours during peak hours, which would contribute to preventing global warming.

So, I called the Edison Co. and said I was applying for our $200.00 discount for the summer. He said "Yes ma'am…".

I told him we don't have air conditioning, and that I figured that qualified us for the discount. "------- (silence)".

Then, "Uh ma'am, you have to have air conditioning to qualify". Me, "Why?" Him, "Well ma'am let me apologize".

Me, "If we're contributing to the global warming prevention program by not having air conditioning, it's not fair if we don't get the same break that people with air conditioning get".

Him, "I understand what you’re saying, Mrs. Jones, I don't have air conditioning, either".

Me, "Well, you should get the same discount too".

Him, "I'm sorry ma'am, we can't give you a discount if you don't have an air conditioner'.

Me, "Maybe we should get a used air conditioner, just to get the discount". Him, "---------(silence").

Finally I said, "OK, I know you can't do anything about this, but, you see how unfair it is, don't you?" Him, "Yes I do, I'm in the same boat you are".

Me, "Please put this in your suggestion box. You do know how bogus all this is, don't you?" No answer. Me, "Thank you for being so nice, and I hope the Edison Co. will take my situation under consideration". Him, "Yes ma'am, Thank you, Mrs. Jones, have a good day".

Priscilla’s right, isn’t she? Of course, I’d have said “put this in your suggestion box and SMOKE IT!” but, that’s just me! She doesn’t have air conditioning, so she’s contributing to preventing global warming, right? Why shouldn’t she get a check? And leave it to Priscilla to make this call! I wish I had it on tape!

By the way…$200 for a summer of not having cooling for 6 peak, hot as hades, hours a day? WHAT? SOME deal, huh?

Erotic Jesus sparks debate..........seriously

Have we come to the point where we must say "If we don't like it that Muslims get so excited about the West's insulting Mohammed, we have to be BETTER THAN THAT and not get excited" about what this article says?

We're 'better than that' when it comes to waterboarding, right?, we're 'better than that' when it comes to wire tapping, right? At least these are things our Leftists love to say. I usually retort with "We're so 'better than that' we might be 'deader than that' if we don't stop being better than that and allow our CIA to do it's work, but....." So, read this whole article, the descriptions only start about halfway through.....and tell me, should we really be 'better than that' and turn the other cheek?

Love McCain or hate McCain? Base the affection on his heroism for this country, or base the hate on how he was no hero but 'uses it for this election'?

I don't believe we can choose a President based solely on service or heroism, but I sure do think that, when we read any article about any presidential candidate, it's important to see an underlying agenda in its writing before we champion its cause and make a decision. This one (same link as 'no hero' above) has agenda all throughout the thing, don't you think?

You have to ask yourself what agenda the British could possibly have in The Telegraph for touting McCain's heroism.

I think all of these are important to read and digest. Which side do you tend to come down on here? and thanks to Free Thinker who sent me the article from the Telegraph!

You might have to be Armenian to find this as funny as I do!! Enjoy!

"ANOTHER RANT from Z? So soon?"

UPDATE: PLEASE WATCH THIS. Oprah will amaze you; "God is a feeling, not a believing experience, and if you're still believing, that's not GOD" Please watch the link.

I performed self-mutilation today! I watched OPRAH! Yes, for ten minutes, during which she talked with the PREGNANT MAN and the expectant mother. It would have probably been real sexy to embed the video here (you can see it in the link, but I don't like sensationalism on TV, so I'm sure not going to do it here!), where you can see this guy running his hands over his distended pregnancy belly. SUCH largesse from Oprah, "did some people ridicule you? Oh, your father...your brothers, yes...isn't that awful. They just don't understand.." UNDERSTAND??

Then she went to a commercial, after which "...we'll answer how he got pregnant when HE'S the one with the penis!" (charming, Oprah...I'm dying to know!) He says "I see pregnancy as a process and it doesn't define who I am. Ironically, being pregnant doesn't make me feel any more female or feminine."

Here's the irony: Before they went to commercial (from which I admit I didn't wait and see HOW he got pregnant), here's what was said:

"And tomorrow, we'll have A SICKENING REPORT on puppy mills". THE OUTRAGE! Sure, I think mills are probably best reserved only for grains and black pepper, but this is "SICKENING" and THE PREGNANT MAN isn't? Here's what was the most sickening part; The photo of the 'wife' standing behind her pregnant husband, torso exposed, and the wife's hands rubbing his expectant belly.

Another rant. Maybe I just need a nap? Am I nuts or is the world, well..............almost done?

Does this irk YOU?

1.) We've got a story today about having found human "petrified poop" (their word, not mine) from 1,000 years before we thought humans existed in N. America. Here's the quote I love:

"Jenkins said that discoveries like those in the Oregon caves "help us to reconstruct the American past. Our heritage is really important and it is important to the majority of the American public. If you don't know where you come from, it's hard to have a feeling of community, of participation."

Really? Does finding out we're 14,000 years here instead of 13,000 help you have a better feeling of community, of participation? "WOW, 1000 years more? HOME SWEET HOME! I was lost and now I'm FOUND!" Crack out the beer and ribs and let's have a multicultural shindig reveling in our heritage and our community, okay?

2.) Have you been driving along and had a guy on a bike cross in front of you without even looking at you? Or a woman walking her pet with earplugs on who starts into the crosswalk without even a sideways glance? Now, I don't mind Jaywalkers (tho it's illegal here) if they look, see that I'm not having to come to a screeching stop to accomodate their instinct to cross the street between crosswalks, but I can't believe how many people just CROSS IN FRONT OF ME without even LOOKING! Stop sign or not, they just stride into the street as if you don't exist. I swear I'm so politically twisted I want to jump out of the car and say "YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT, AREN'T YOU!" Sure, it reeks of that attitude that "we're entitled, you're in the way, you've got that nice car, I'm on this bike....if I can't have what YOU have, I'll make you wait, demand my space, inconvenience you AND, if anything happens, YOU WILL PAY."

3.) I was listening to radio news today and I swear if I didn't know it was al Sadr speaking, I'd think what I'm hearing comes from a Pelosi, Murtha, Hagel, Paul speech: GET OUT OF IRAQ, AMERICA! I think he's taking his ideas from the NYTimes:

The latest: al-Sadr is calling for a peaceful demonstration in Iraq with a million people ("see? it's not WE who are the problem and so violent! WE can behave! It's America causing the problems!") Wait for the NYTimes spin. Then he's planning a huge offensive (as if he does anything in any other way?) so they can show their might, and that the surge isn't working. Wait for the NYTimes spin. This guy al-Sadr is a Democrat, I swear.

AND BY THE WAY! What's THIS about?? We don't have ENOUGH IRAQI IMMIGRANTS? Bush needs MORE?? And, what do they mean when they say this? Let US "manage the huge oil revenues in Iraq.." Here's how: SEND IT HERE!

Anybody else getting a headache?

Angel, move over with that flu.............!!

A Public Service Announcement

"ONE MINUTE EACH NIGHT During WWII, there was an advisor to Churchill who organized a group of people who dropped what they were doing every night at a prescribed hour for one minute to collectively pray for the safety of England, its people and peace. This had an amazing effect as bombing stopped. There is now a group of people organizing the same thing here in America .

If you would like to participate: each evening at 9:00 PM
Eastern Time (8:00 PM Central, 7:00 PM Mountain, 6:00 PM Pacific), stop whatever you are doing and spend one minute praying for the up-coming election, and for the revival of Christianity in this great country. If you know anyone who would like to participate, please pass this along."
Z's Note: I received this from a wonderful friend, Cindi, this morning. Please add a prayer for Israel.

Abe, what do you think? be honest...

I was watching a panel discussion with Chris Matthews this weekend. Matthews,Tom Brokaw, Andrea Mitchell and Eugene Robinson (W. Post) were discussing the Obama ascendancy. What struck me were some of the comments:

"Obama's election would show America we're better.." "I know people who'd leave great careers to come back and work in public life with THIS guy!" "A Black presidency would show all that's good in America"

"All that's good in America?" Isn't there a lot else that's good in America? Have we lost focus? Is it wise to talk about a guy's skin color more than his platforms, his opinions, his plans? Or do we resort to this when we can't get much of a picture, or don't think we can sell, the guy's platform, his opinions and his plans?

Are we picking a guy because of his skin color or are we picking the best guy for the job? Will we be allowed to discuss this question if he is the nominee? Or will it sound racist? Will we be called racist? will the matthews show ever be canceled? !!

Must could this be a MAMMOTH error in somebody's judgment?

Say it ain't SO! Global Warming 12,000 years ago?

Does this mean global warming just MIGHT by CYCLICAL? Oh, Al............???

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity" Martin Luther King, Jr.