Rudeness

I dislike rude people. Here's the deal. I'm in sales. So I go to a company and do a sales presentation. A very excited guy makes an appointment, shows up and wants to do the premium deal. But, he's got to run it by his wife. So, he asks us to call him and we do. Of course we get the runaround, but we perservere, because, after all, he came to us. He asks me yesterday to call him today, he's going to talk to his wife. I just called him. He says, "Can you call back, we're talking about you right now." Then he hangs up on me. WTF?? Jerkoff.

I'll never call him that to his face... I still want the sale.

Having Another Hate-Fest

This time it's with Rosie O'Donnell. I cannot stand that disgusting fat tub of lard. The day she's taken out of the gene pool will be a great day. She is just a gross waste of space. Looking at her makes my skin crawl. How is she still employed?

Atheism Again

I've been reading what Beth has to say at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy about atheism, and it was a fantasic post!

I also read the original post from Jeff of The Gay Black Jew and I must say that I think Jeff has issues. This is a guy who's neither gay, black or Jewish, but earned the nickname for always defending them from (I suppose) his friends.

Although I think he's a very sad, unhappy man who is hiding from some ugly truth inside himself, one portion of his comment did strike a chord with me:

If there truly is a god, he’s a total asshole for letting billions of people suffer throughout history due to conflicting beliefs. All-knowing and all-powerful…but for the last 2,006 years he’s been stuck in a Verizon commercial, i.e., “Can you hear me now?” Waiting for his only cellphone (Jesus) to fall from Heaven so that He has someone to talk to who can send all non-Christians to an eternity in hell fire while whisking believers up to a magical fairyland hidden in the sky. Nothing could be more violent, BTW.

Clearly, this line is idiotic, because as we all know, the greatest gift God gave to humankind is FREE WILL. Humankind is the source of the suffering. However, the reason this struck a chord with me is because it brought up a question that I have always wondered about. In the main, I'm at a loss to understand why God allows people to be born with debilitating illnesses. I understand the evil that humankind perpetrates upon one another which ends in physical death. I also understand the ravages of disease which can permeate a society and end in physical death. I even understand that a death resulting from an "accident" is due to God's greater plan. What I don't get is the debilitating illnesses such as MS, Parkinson's, etc, that people are usually born with and must suffer with throughout their lives. My faith tells me that it is part of the greater purpose, but I do struggle with that aspect.

I wish Beth a very Blessed Christmas and I pray that God may make his countenance to shine upon Jeff and lead him to the Light.

Having a Hate-Fest with Cindy

I know hate is a strong word, but this old cow really makes my blood boil. I'm beginning to truly hate her. I know my temperature rises when I see her picture in the paper.

What I really wonder, and I'll bet some internet digging would tell the truth, is if this is how Cindy Sheehan's son would have wanted her to honor his memory. Since we have a purely volunteer military, Cindy's son must have volunteered to serve. And I think that he would have been briefed on the possibility that he may have to engage in war with our enemies, and possibly lose his life.

But what about soldiers who don't want to fight what they consider an unjust war? Was her son of this ilk? Most soldiers know the adage about "ours is not to question why, ours is but to do or die" (I have no clue who said that), so chances are that he cared only about the guys out in the field with him.

Reading the milblogs (a way better source for what's really going on), convinces me that most of the soldiers in the field believe in what they're doing, and we have to believe the soldiers since they are the ones in the thick of it. Did Cindy's son believe in what he was doing, or was he fighting an unjust war to avoid a court-martial? I really don't know. But I'd like to.

Tom Cruise Sucks Ass

I think this is true. It must be, because it's what I do. I go out of my way not to see certain movies because of the actors or actresses. That doesn't mean I won't watch when it hits the movie channels. Movie stars I go out of my way to avoid: Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon.

Movies I've gone out of my way to avoid: Brokeback Mountain (it's on the movie channels right now, and I cringe every time I see the title), Syriana, The Deer Hunter (my dad said it's the only movie that really disturbed him, and now I'm afraid to watch it.)

I think the Michael Moore movies go without saying.

I tried to watch Gigli, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Fun With Dick and Jane, but they all sucked within the first 15 minutes so I had to turn the dial.

Good entertaining movies really seem to be going the way of the dinosaur...

I love this!

But only because of the food. I'm sure the boyfriend would love the eye-candy. For me, the it's the meat-o-rama they're serving in there!

Go see what's cookin' at the Heart Attack Grill

And I'm back from the hunting trip, where I'm pleased to announce the death and imminent consumption of one 8 point buck. Yay me! (It's my first)

So that you know how cool I am, here's the specifics:
1) No, I did not sit in a blind.
2) Yes, I did freeze my ass off sitting on the ground (the West Tx desert has no trees for tree stands)
3) Yes, there was a feeder (ok, so I got a little help)
4) Yes, I used a bipod (well, I'm delicate, and the big ol' gun was too heavy for little ol' me)
5) The rifle used was a Browning .243 (so sweeeeet)
6) I dropped the old boy from 252 yards! (yay me again!)

The boyfriend was very proud of me, he was of course sitting with me when I made the shot (we don't need to discuss the one he missed).

I am a bit disconcerted however, that he actually thinks we're going to grill the backstraps tonight. Silly goose. The only way to eat backstrap, as every God-fearing Texan knows, is chicken-fried. That's what I get for loving a New Yorker.

Girly-Man? I think not...

Emmitt Smith won Dancing With the Stars. I'm not surprised. If he can't beat out Mario "Ra Ra Sis Boom Ba" Lopez then he should emigrate to some salsa dancing country, like, say, Miami, and try again.

Mike Bianchi, from the Orlando Sentinel seems quite downheated about Sir Smith's triumph:

Have you seen those Miller Lite commercials where a panel of manly men discusses a given topic and decides upon a man law? There are a number of readily accepted edicts that real men must live by: No fruit slices garnishing your beer mug, no wine coolers at the tailgate party and no smelling the frosted cranberry spice candles at Bath & Body Works.

Now Emmitt has caused The Official Manual of Man Law to be rewritten with one commandment above all others:Thou Shalt Never Put Dancing Commitments Ahead of Football Commitments.

While I agree with the Man Law commandment, Football Commitments are more important than Dancing Commitments, please keep in mind, Mr. Bianchi, that all women, and this is important, all women equate dancing with sex. Will Smith (no relation to Emmitt, I'm sure) told you this in Hitch. And it is true.

In my neck of the woods, a man that can't two-step has almost no chance to make it into a woman's bed. Conversely, a man that can waltz his beloved right across Texas, well, he can do no wrong in the bedroom.

Mike, my friend, don't cry and let there be a Tear in your Beer, go learn to dance to it. (Hank Sr. and Jr. duet, in case you don't know your country music). I promise you won't lose your manhood. No good, God-fearing woman would make you give up your man-stuff. If you learn to cut-a-rug like Emmitt, your lady will love you for it. I promise.

Hoyer wins by a landslide - better than Murtha, I guess.

Ouch!!

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) took exception with Abizaid's talk of all the steps that the Iraqi government needs to take. "Hope is not a method," she told him. "We've had testimony now for four years about what 'must be done' -- and it doesn't get done."

(Gen. John P. Abizaid, chief of the U.S. Central Command) shot back: "I would also say that despair is not a method." -- The WAPO

hat tip: Right Wing News

The vote is on! Will Murtha win? Let's hope not!

Thanksgiving Feast

The boyfriend is going to be here this Sunday for a few days (not on the real Thanksgiving Day, though), so we're going to do the Big Day this next week. Since he's from New York, he's never experienced the joy of a Fried Turkey. I've only fried one myself once before, although I've eaten them a lot, so I'm a little nervous.

This also means that I'll have to buy pre-made gravy, but that can't be helped. I think the dinner will turn out fine. It better. It's my shameless attempt to prove what a wonderful wife I will make. He better get the hint. The clock is ticking so loudly I can't hear myself think. My devious plan is to feed him good southern cooking and get him fat so no one else will want him. Then when I get him, I will ruthlessly switch to healthy food and get him back in shape. Muwahahahaha!!

The Irony

Catholic bishops reaching out to gays...

How far will they have to reach into their own ranks?

New Dirty Words

I don't ever want to hear this phrase again:

PHASED REDEPLOYMENT

I have a feeling that I'll be hearing it alot, but I cringe every time I do.

Watching O'Reilley last night, he had a lady on that was the President of the American Atheists or some such club. I don't know what it was about, I was channel surfing.

But it struck me - these atheists are a weird bunch. I don't get it. How on Earth could a person actually believe that there is no God (or supreme being, or whatever)? How is this possible? How could a person really believe that this is all an accident?

I was talking to an ultra-liberal musician friend of mine once and we were discussing a mutual friend who was having some personal problems. The friend with the personal problems was raised Catholic and sent to parochial school. She told me more than once that she didn't believe in God. I mentioned this to the musician friend (assuming I would get hit with the relativism thing) and he said that not believing in God was nothing but an excuse. If there's no God, then there's no one to answer to for your actions. I was surprised to hear this from someone who is a borderline anarchist.

Truth is, I feel sorry for atheists. Deep down, they must be truly unhappy, even if they don't know it. Whatever your religion, most folks feel a deep sense of peace knowing that there's someone bigger guiding you. I wonder if atheists are that way because of their upbringing, or a rebellion of some sorts, or they really just naturally believe that there's nothing else out there.

From Drudge, this article on fighting illegal immigration at the local level.

Of course the article is biased. It starts off saying that Farmer's Branch wants to keep out illegal immigrants and then mentions the percentage of Hispanics in Farmer's Branch adding that this town is "where many Latino families can trace their roots here to the era before statehood."

Of course, this is designed to make you think that the people are tired of Hispanics living there and want them out. You're supposed to equate Hispanic with Illegal with Racism.

Then they quote this idiot Cesar Perales from Puerto Rican Legal Defense:

"It's basically saying those people are illegal in their very nature; it is all right to be against them because they are lawbreakers. Many people are assuming that all immigrants are lawbreakers, and that people who are different, who speak a different language, are to be shunned," said Cesar Perales, president and general counsel of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Anyone with half a brain knows that immigrants aren't necessarily lawbreakers. But all Illegal Immigrants or Illegal Aliens as I choose to call them are lawbreakers from the start. This guy is a butthead.

Appalling...

via a link from lgf, look at this video from HotAir. I never really got into the Simpsons - King of the Hill and South Park are way better. But, still, I am truly appalled by this. Make fun of the President - he can handle it, and many times deserves it. But stop with the disrespect to the troops. These men and women are dying for us - whether you like it or not. They deserve the utmost respect at all times. Shame on you, Matt Groening.

Monday Mornin' Football Roundup

DAMN the Aggies! That's all I can say! DAMN THEM! DAMN THEM TO HELL!

Another 1 point loss. What is the problem?

Well, I'll tell you what the problem is. That no-talent ass-clown of a coach we're spending way too much money on.

but, t.u. lost so, I should feel better. I don't really. I want to curl up in a ball and cry.



For some good news,

The boyfriend and I are still in the running for the football pool. However, my Mojo is way off. Of the four teams I picked for the pool - EVERY SINGLE ONE LOST yesterday. Thank goodness, the boyfriend overruled me on this one.

Also my local high school team has now officially won it's District Title, going undefeated in district play this year. I couldn't be prouder of them! They're the only team who have not betrayed my devotion to them lately (sniff, sniff).

My little sister informed me yesterday as she was going to vote that although she realized that we would probably lose the House, she just did not know how to handle the fact that that old douchebag Nancy Pelosi would be Speaker of the House.

Guess what, little sis? You got bigger problems. Guess who's going to be in charge of the Ways and Means Committee?

Yep. The man who said "There's no such thing as a good tax cut."

I will never catblog. I promise.

Well it's Robert Gates. The guy who runs Aggieland. Who's going to run my school now?

Rummy's resigning!!!

I don't know what to make of that. Hmmm, must ponder.

Ali Bubba says it all...

Over and over the past several months, Americans were told that if they didn't vote Republican, the terrorists would win. The American people have now spoken. By a decisive majority, Americans say they'd rather wear be blown to smithereens than to see guys like Denny Hastert running the show. Having failed to export democracy to the Middle East, democracy now will import the Middle East. The people have spoken! Vox populi, vox dei!

The whole post pretty much echoes my sentiments.

Gettin his funny on...

Another show I won't be watching tonight...

the CMA's are on the TV tonight, but I do not dig award shows, I find them tedious. I am, of course happy that George Strait is being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Pretty exciting stuff!

So in honor of George and country music, I proudly submit my TOP TEN List of Favorite Country Artists. here 'tis: (in no particular order)

1) Loretta Lynn
2) Dolly Parton
3) George Strait
4) Hank, Jr.
5) Willie
6) Bob Wills
7) Kenny Rogers
8) Patsy Cline
9) Tanya Tucker
10)Don Williams

As an aside, although I think they are the absolute most idiotic women on the face of the Earth, I still cannot bear to part with my Dixie Chicks cd's. I will say, I've never purchased another one, but the one's I already had, yes, I still listen and sing along like the Fourth Chick I used to be before they broke my heart.

There are Angels among us...

and sometime's they have to step in and make you recognize...

Last week, I was at the Cody Ohl/Fred Whitfield (who is the bomb.com) Match Roping in San Angelo. I made my way to the ladies room and when I went to wash my hands after redistributing the beer, this exchange happened:

I walked to the sink and put my left hand under the soap thingy - no soap, so I try the other side soap thingy with my right hand. No soap.

As I'm turning on the water to just rinse, a 70-some-odd-year old woman (had to be a lifelong smoker with that voice) says to me, "There's no soap, sweetheart."

So I crack a little smile, look down at my hands and say with a chuckle, "Well, hell."

She leans in, right in my face and replies, "Little girl (I'm in my mid-thirties, thank-you-very-much), that is a real place, not a swear word. You remember that."

I am so glad that we have people like that around to keep me in line. Who knows what I might say?

I'm sure I could think of some ethnic crack to make, but a picture is worth a thousand words...

Football Roundup

Well, the Ags were outscored. Can't say I'm surprised. I watched the game - I was wholly unimpressed and I believe that it will have an effect on the next two games. Even if we pull it off against Nebraska, t.u. is going to be a bitch.

the 'boys lost and the Texans lost, so all in all, it was not a good week for Texas football.

The good news is that my local high school football team only needs one more win to clinch the district championship. We're 8-1 overall and 8-0 in the district. This is actually HUGE because we've suffered through a long (and I do mean years long) losing streak. Our high school coach is phenomenal! He has made this team and this town.

I don't think I'm even going to bother watching MNF tonight.

BEEN OUT...

out of town,
out of my mind,
and unwell.

The upside is, I bought a new house.

But now I'm back, baby!!

Howard Dean Reaches Out

Howard Dean wrote us a letter.

Recipe Update

The chicken baskets were okay, but not great. It was chicken and peas in a creamy sauce and then poured into ceramic cups lined with hash browns. Came out a little starchy tasting and bland.

Does not need as much butter and I've decided that canned chicken is not the way to go. Fresh chicken breasts seasoned and cooked first is probably going to be better. Maybe adding a little cheese will give it a kick as well. I'm going to experiment a bit and see if I can make it better.

I did make a new soup called French Onion Tomato Soup. Totally yummy! Tomato sauce, onion, garlic, beef bouillon, butter, brown sugar - served with cheese-covered garlic bread. Oh my goodness - it's a keeper!!

I just saw on Fox News that the crime rate on the border in Texas has dropped MORE THAN 60% since Texas started aggressively enforcing illegal immigration laws. Gee. Is this a surprise?

I'm currently working on an immigration essay (well it's actually a MANIFESTO) which I'll post soon.

As an aside, E.D. Hill just had to comment to the Aggie in the Governor's mansion that the Longhorns will be winning at the big game. Well, we'll just see about that.

HO.

Recipe Day!!

It's recipe day today in Abby's World, so I thought I would post my version of the old Texas Stand-by...King Ranch Chicken. It's actually, well, fabulous.

Here 'tis:

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts - diced
1 pkg 12 ct. yellow or white corn tortillas (do not use red!)
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 small cloves of garlic finely chopped
1/2 c. butter
1 T. olive oil
1 T. Bolner's Fiesta brand fajita seasoning
1 c. cheese (any kind. I like Monterrey Jack)
2 cans of Cream of Chicken soup
1 can of Ro-tel tomatoes with green chilies

In a deep saucepan, drizzle olive oil and melt butter (olive oil is to keep butter from burning). Add onion and garlic and lightly saute' until carmelized. Add chicken and season with fajita seasoning, salt & pepper. Make sure chicken is thoroughly cooked.

In a separate bowl, drain Ro-tel. Make sure excess juice is gone.

Add to chicken, both cans of Cream of Chicken soup and 1/3 of the cheese. If mixture is too thick, add a little water.

In a casserole dish spread a thin layer of chicken mixture on the bottom and then layer with corn tortillas, chicken, Ro-tel, cheese. Repeat. Cover with foil and bake at 375 until tortillas are soft, about 25 mins.

MMMMMMM...enjoy


Tonight I'm making something new called chicken baskets - seems like a new version of chicken pot pie. I'll post the results tomorrow.

Monday Mornin' Football Roundup

OK, so it's Tuesday and I haven't posted for a week. Well, I have a day job, and I just haven't quite figured out how to balance all this yet. But I will.

Aggies Win! I couldn't believe it! I'm still not sure that Coach Fran is the right guy, but he's still on the payroll this week. OSU next week - can't wait!

And lookee here - the Ags are finally ranked again. Hope this is the begining of another era.

in other news... Texas Tech lost to Colorado and Baylor got a shellacking from t.u. (actually Baylor stayed in the game quite well for a while.)

But wait just a darn minute. Gotta talk about the NFL. The boyfriend was at a seminar with no internet access (you believe that?) and so he had to call in the bet without discussing with me the picks. and he picked Philly to win (we're are about to have a fight about this) So, although I'm normally estatic when Philly loses, not this time, because we lost money. Damn him.

On the other hand, the 'boys won and the Giants won, so I'm happy about that. I'll just be making the picks for the pool this week. I'm banning the boyfriend from picking.

I suppose since I'm talking about football, I have to comment on the Footbrawl. Well, here's a dirty little secret - it was kinda exciting to see. You never see all out barroom brawls in sports - they're broken up too soon, and it was kind of like a little guilty pleasure. But I suppose I should be appalled like everyone else. I'm not. There's more important things to be apalled about. But here's the video anyway.

Right, and Lightning's Going to Shoot out My Ass...

the hat tip of course goes to Dave Barry.
Where does he find them?

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Oh gimme a break - again via Drudge there's this regarding the proposed border fence between the U.S. and Mexico. If I thought the 700 mile fence would actually do any good to stemming the tide of illegal aliens (not immigrants) swarming across our borders, I might get annoyed with this blather. It's comical really. There's no way that puny fence is going to deter anyone.

So Mexico is going to go crying to the UN that the big, bad U.S. is going to build a fence on our own property.

Well, maybe Mexico can get the UN to, I don't know, sanction us?

I especially like this quote from Mexico's foreign secretary Luis Derbez: "What should be constructed is a bridge in relations between the two countries."

Puh-lease.

Oh Yeah, Like This is Going to Work

via Drudge

The U.S. is just not going to stand for any of this nuclear testing nonsense from the Norks. Nope we're not going to take it lying down. So the U.S. is using the old standby... sanctions.

I mean, it only took Saddam how many years of sanctions before he started to toe the line?

Oh....right.

Of course, it's possible that the Norks had a dud. If it was a dud, or a big fake out from Kim Duck Dong-Il will we still impose sanctions?

I suppose it depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is.

Yay!!! Someone's reading me!!!

Everyone look down! I got my first comment from some handsome fella named Tom Blogical. (I guess that's just you, Tom) I'll be linking you straightaway as soon as I remember how to do it. Check out this guy's blog. The most important thing to note is that he is a Buckeye, which, I of course love as they overpowered t.u. at the start of the season.

I was in Austin that night, congratulating every Buckeye fan I could find on behalf of the Aggies. I choose not to think about the time they outscored us in the Sugar Bowl back a few years ago. I was at that game as well and all I really remember is that I wondered why Ohio State has Hang On Sloopy as a fight song.

I guess it'll have to just be logged in my book of why's (Why is Notre Dame called the Fighting Irish, when the church is in France?, etc.)

Gayness

Say it ain't so!

(ht to Dave Barry)

I have the urge to type an Instapundit "heh". So I will.

heh.

(It's not as if anyone's actually reading my blog.)

Monday Mornin' Football Roundup

Well, the Aggies pulled it off. I know they weren't favored to win, but, really, I expected better of them. Terrible showing. Except for the last pass, of course.

I am so disappointed in Coach Fran. He has not lived up to the hype and at least with Slocum, we won regular season games. I wanted Slocum gone since 1993 - took about 10 years. Wonder how long I'll have to wait for Fran to go.

Texas A&M 21 - Kansas 18

Hope they can get their butts in gear for next weeks game against Missouri. Mizzou is 6-0 and is coming off a win over Texas Tech last Saturday.

In other news...

Damn t.u. longhorns beat Oklahoma 28-10 in the Red River Shootout. 'nother reason to be annoyed on Saturday.

And from the West Coast...

I didn't watch the game, but I love this guy's name. Wonder if he's got a good one?

And in the NFL on Sunday:

Go Tiki!! This also means that I won the bet with the boyfriend. He'll be paying up this week.

Sadly, though, the 'boys lost to their arch nemesis. I don't even want to write about it, or I'll cry.

In football pool news, we hit the Carolina game exactly. So we're up $2k. Gotta hope Baltimore wins tonight.

Some General Thoughts on War

Although the War on Terror has been going on for at least 5 years now, this blog is new and so I'm going to throw in my two cents. This post is mostly about war in general, but is, I believe, relevant to the current conflict.

But first, the all-important disclaimers, lest someone should stumble upon this unread blog.

1) I'm no expert on War or military tactics, except in a very general sense. (shoot first, ask questions of the body - things like that)

2) Since I am a citizen of this country who regularly exercises her Constitutional Right to Vote, I will also be exercising my Constitutional Right of Free Speech by giving what I can only say is my opinion on current events. You may disagree with me, if you wish. (But you shouldn't - I like to be right.)

What I mostly have a problem with, in this conflict, is the way we seem to be walking around on eggshells. There is no such thing as a compassionate war. War is War. It is ugly and dirty, and the quicker it is over with a clear-cut winner, the better off everyone will be. In the words of Sun-Tzu "When doing battle, seek a quick victory".

The United States clearly has (or had, as the case may be) more manpower, more money, better weapons, better technology, and better intelligence gathering methods. We should have blown them to smithereens immediately. To those who scoff, saying that a man defending his home will always prevail, I say, you're right. But I believe that the insurgents are not men defending their homes, they are paid mercenaries.

You may also say that these men are fighting for a cause greater than themselves. They are fighting the ultimate fight. They fight for Islam. I say to you, very true. But here's the kicker...wait for it...the plain and simple truth is that we are right and they are wrong. I'll probably be branded an intolerant racist for saying that. Pshaw - I don't care. The fact is that this war is about good and evil. It's not for territory, or spoils, whatever the lefty oil conspirists say.

I repeat, War is an ugly thing. No one likes the thought of innocent civilians being thrown in the middle of a conflict between men with guns. The reality is, though, that the other side uses the civilians because they think that Americans don't have the stomach for that kind of bloodshed. We'll never bomb a mosque on purpose, so that's where they hide. We'll never shoot up an elementary school, so they'll use it as a shield. I don't want anyone to die, but this world we live in is ugly and unfair.

I know I'm playing Monday morning quarterback, but I think that if we had bombed the hell out the entire mountain region where Osama is rumored to have been hiding from the get-go, we would have either a) killed him, or b) killed enough people that he would have been turned in by those who knew where he was, to stop the bombing. That's a simplistic way of looking at warfare, but, see my disclaimer.

If that strategy worked, then the next thing I would do is give a World Wide press conference and list the countries on our shit list in the Middle East and tell those countries with the world listening that we will not put up with this terrorist nonsense anymore. Some countries would do what Libya has done, which I call progress. Some countries would enable groups like Hezbollah and Hamas to continue. At which point, all aid and economic favors stop immediately. All loans called in. It is our right as a nation to give our money and aid and charity as we see fit. The people in those nations will rise up in defiance of their government, or they will live under the yoke of tyranny. Not our problem anymore. There would have been no need for a war in Iraq.

Unless of course, a country on the shit list, like Iraq was doing something naughty, like, say, funding and planning terrorist plots against the U.S. or maybe not following U.N. sanctions, of which we are a member (the U.N. - what a complete and total waste of time. sigh). At which point, we go in, guns blazing, for the shock and awe that we were promised. I guarantee you, one or two countries levelled, and the rest will fall into line.

Part 3 of my brilliant plan involves the moral relativist nations and surrender monkeys from sundry parts of the globe. They are either openly with us or openly against us. The plain fact is, the US truly is the most powerful nation on Earth. We either invoke it when necessary or lose respect. We became fat, dumb and happy after the Cold War, and numerous military actions in the late part of the 20th century showed our reluctance to follow through.

They fight the good fight with us, or stay home and watch it on TV, but we cut off their allowance. Again, a simplistic view, but cut and dry.

Part 4 is the PR campaign. If the Middle East "fell in line" as a result of our kicking ass and taking names, we'd have a bunch of pouting, rage-filled muslim jihadists planning the next sneak attack. So we do what we did in Germany and Japan. Give them back their self-respect, help rebuild, but put some bases here and there as a reminder of what we'll do if they step out of line. I know that's what we're trying to do now in Iraq, but it ain't working. Why? Because we didn't get all the bad guys first, and we tried to set up a government too soon.

First, kill as many bad guys as possible with no regard for where they're hiding. If the citizens know you won't hesitate to blow up anywhere or anyone harboring terrorists, they're more likely to turn them in. Second, set up bases and bring in folks to rebuild. Turn on the PR machine and get the folks to love Americans and all the things that make this country great. Then help them set up their government.

Update: 10/9/06

Little Green Footballs reports on Waging War With Sensitivity. Our soldiers DO NOT need this kind of crap. They need to be given the tools to WIN and COME HOME ALIVE. That's it. End of Story.

This week's Football Pool

The boyfriend and I are not in mutual accord on what teams to pick for our pool. He actually thinks that Washington is going to win over New York. Well, clearly, he is mistaken. We now have a side bet on that one. (I cannot discuss the terms) We settled for Carolina over Cleveland (what is a Brown, anyway?) and Baltimore over Denver (however, I'm not thrilled with this pick). He thinks Philly is going to beat Dallas and while that may be popular opinion in the rest of the nation, I feel compelled to point out to the boyfriend that it is my opinion that matters here. I must remember to mention to him that if he insists on betting against my 'boys, the love machine may go offline for him for awhile. Especially against my arch enemy...the Randall Cunningham effing Eagles!!!!

This could get ugly

Someone Call LULAC

So Justice Scalia questions whether a deported Mexican national would violate his probation by drinking tequila. I know that the PC police are pissy because Justice Scalia assumed that the messy-can would naturally drink tequila, but what I don't get, and maybe I'm just the idiot picking his nose, but why does a Mexican National have "US parole terms" in the first place.

I don't know the whole story I guess. But what is clear to me, is that we are not talking about an American citizen - native or naturalized. This guy is either a resident alien, here on a visa, or here illegally (my money on the latter). Both guys were convicted on drug charges. COCAINE drug charges. So they're deported, right?

If it was an American citizen, he should be tried and sentenced (and then he'll appeal ad nauseum), but we're not talking about American citizens. How is this even a case for the Supreme Court?

See what HotAir has to say on the subject.

and check out the annoyed commenters on alcohol racism.

I think I'll blog about something less gross.

Football. How about football. The impending game this weekend that I have my eye on is the big game between Dallas & Philly.

You can guess who I'm for. I detest Philly (damn that Randall Cunningham). Of course, given that the game is in Philadelphia, most are picking the Eagles for the win. Well, I'm nothing if not loyal, so I'll be sticking with my 'boys.

I will not, however, be betting on them in my weekly football pool. Speaking of the weekly football pool, the boyfriend and I got our butts handed to us on a platter last week. We were doing so well, and now, we're close to being out of money. I must spend some time researching this week if I want to triumph over the douchebags that are winning now.

I don't know what to say about the whole Mark Foley thing. I'm too disgusted. I can't even bring myself to look at the IM's - not that the ones online are graphic, but the thought. ewwww

La Shawn Barber has quickly become my most favorite blogger in the whole world. I especially loved this post about a woman becoming the President of the United States. I'm in agreement with her (as are most of the commenters). Check it out and read for yourself.

via Right Wing News, we get this. Warning: you might spew on your computer from laughing.

Yikes!

I'm all for models being more like the everyday woman, but this is a little much.

Still figuring it out...

As soon as I figure out how, I'm going to get my profile up so you can read about me. Boy do I feel retarded right about now.

Here I Am!

Ok, so it is my first post - once I figure this out, then I have something very important to say...