What Did You Do This Saturday?


Patterico highlights how two different groups of people are spending today.

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...[gobsmacked.] [N/T]

Moe Lane (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 7:16PM EST (link)

Today......

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 7:22PM EST (link)

I did some shopping for a few things for my parents (going to see them at the nursing home tomorrow).

Then I went to the range and created many nicely grouped holes in 4″ square pieces of paper from several nice distances, a few of those distances, rather elongated. Kind of nice that I’m consistently hitting those small pieces of paper at the longer distances.

After posting a comment here at RS that our Dear Leader is going to seize all oceans for environmental zoning (really), I had a great dinner.

Now, I shall repair to my den to clean the “big black and scary” implements that helped me poke those nicely grouped holes in 4″ square pieces of paper from several nice distances, a few of those distances, rather elongated.

…..and the Nationwide race is this evening.

I’d say that’s a pretty good day.

Cheers !

 

Today, I chased a lizard around my den...

Amy Miller (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 7:58PM EST (link)

…captured it, and set it free in my backyard.

All the while finding time to keep up on what’s going on in Tehran…unlike some people.

“I’m a conservative, I’m a textualist, I’m an originalist, but I’m not a nut.”
~Scalia, J.

Amy that is very humane! My cats catch things before I see them :( nt

mom2oneson (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 8:27PM EST (link)

Amy, did you use the PETA approved catch and release system? (nt)

Karina (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 6:48AM EST (link)

You could have kept it and

Justin_Case (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 6:57AM EST (link)

named it Achmadinejad.

Or The Supreme Ruler (nt)

Karina (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 8:20AM EST (link)

Yes.

Justin_Case (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 2:32PM EST (link)

He would be a lizard with even more stature.

Well, at least a very hairy one! (nt)

Karina (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 3:31PM EST (link)
 
 
 
 

I was a domestic god!

Achance (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 9:47PM EST (link)

And my boat sat all alone in its slip and king salmon remain uncaught as I mowed the front lawn, assembled a new garden cart for SWMBO, and moved a never ending supply of plants and stuff around the yard under very close, direct and directive supervision. If a man places something and there isn’t a woman present, would it still be placed in the wrong place?

I did finally escape to watch some of the Nationwide race and I’m thinking that maybe the bilges need pumping on the boat so I can do that and then stop at my favorite watering hole for awhile and see if my favorite bartender has made herself a new low-cut tee shirt or tank top. And while I’m doing that, I can pretend that I’m not totally PW’d.

In Vino Veritas

Usted es el rey de los jardineros...

speciallist (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 11:56PM EST (link)

Dang, $pecialist..... That's just..........

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 12:18AM EST (link)

…..well it’s just…….

Wow.

;)

And don't worry Kenny, no matter what happens in Iran, Barry will defiantly stand with Israel..

speciallist (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 12:48AM EST (link)

...on a refugee boat floating on the Mediterranean

civil truth (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 1:04AM EST (link)

…which Barry will decree to be the new Jewish homeland, after having expressed deep concern about those mushroom-shaped negotiating sessions in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jersualem, Beersheba, etc..

And as Barack defiantly stands with Israel, he will capsize the boat.

The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis

http://www.gmsplace.com/

And while we're talking about Barry...did you hear Superfly is scared of Spiders..

speciallist (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 1:13AM EST (link)

Apparently Zero discriminates against flies...

DONTREADONME (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 1:27AM EST (link)

since the spider appears to be allowed to hang with the One.

 
 
 

$pecialist..... Brilliant ! nt

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 9:07AM EST (link)
 
 

Great Abba tune: Gardening King. nt

Achance (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 2:01PM EST (link)

In Vino Veritas

 
 

To answer your question...of course!!! (nt)

Karina (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 6:50AM EST (link)

It was a rhetorical question; of course it is wrong

Achance (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 11:29AM EST (link)

and is only waiting for a woman to come along and correct the placement.

In Vino Veritas

 
 

Achance

mom2oneson (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 10:04AM EST (link)

You should write some kind of humor books like Erma Bombeck or like Dave Barry you are much funnier than both of them!

Thanks, mom2,

Achance (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 12:58PM EST (link)

but I go from funny to smart azz to nasty sarcastic all too quickly for most people’s delicate sensibilities.

In Vino Veritas

 
 
 

I'm closing on a house in 4 days

Finrod (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 10:18PM EST (link)

So as you might expect, it’s time to clean and erect Box City.

When not doing that I’ve been watching the Ninja Warrior marathon on G4.

Let’s get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?

NW Kills.

E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 10:45PM EST (link)

Love that stuff, even though I doubt there’s a single one I have not seen.

Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO

 

get a mcCarthy book pronto

Doc Holliday (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 10:52PM EST (link)

I suggest All the Pretty Horses, or if you are ready for the read of you life “Blood Meridian”. The Judge would school any Ninja.

Molon Labe!

 
 

Fuming over the fact that "Iran already has blamed us for interference"...

DONTREADONME (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 10:49PM EST (link)

I am sick and tired of the left storyline of the kiss of death with a perceived involvement in the protests in Iran. We have already been blamed by the Supreme Leader for fomenting the anger in the Iranian people which originally had started over the elections.

First, how many times in the history of the world has another nation blamed America for unrest or election outcomes. We have a short memory, Ukraine in 2004 we were blamed by the Russians for meddling in the election of Victor Y. (I can not spell his last name) in Ukraine.

Anytime civil unrest occurs in a totalitarian nation we the United States are somehow targeted with involvement. The only thing new here is that Obama is a flake and refuses to take the side of the freedom. ARRRGGGGGHHHHH.

If you wonder why I went on this rant is because I just listened to Geraldo Rivera and Ann Coulter on Fox News Radio and everyone fails to understand that America has traditionally went on the side of liberty not waiting for the expeditious political move.

Whoever that was on Geraldo's (w/ A. Coulter) show "the token Democrat"...

DONTREADONME (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 10:51PM EST (link)

is a complete and utter hack who defended his point by name dropping from the Republican party as a point of disagreement with Ann Coulter.

When did it become if a GOP member says X we can not disagree. And since when is the freedom position in the minority?

 

DTOM.... point of clarification please........

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 10:58PM EST (link)

“We have already been blamed by the Supreme Leader for fomenting the anger in the Iranian people which originally had started over the elections.”

Which Supreme Leader……… theirs or ours ?

/snark

Sorry, couldn’t resist. ;)

When I saw the comment then saw KS...

DONTREADONME (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 11:02PM EST (link)

I new I was in for some snark. :)

These damn revisionists seem to have some of the shortest memories of all time. The U.S. is always blamed for unrest in Islamic and Communist Nations. Zerobama is quite the dolt if he does not realize that.

President Jihadist Sympathizer a dolt ?

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 11:17PM EST (link)

You are way too kind.

Cheers !

Hows this, the angry...

DONTREADONME (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 11:22PM EST (link)

bass they’rd SOB (Son Of a Bass) just in case the RS censors are lurking about. How’s that for kind.

That's much more gooder.

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Saturday, June 20th at 11:36PM EST (link)

;)

Didn’t mean to threadjack…….

Now back to your regularly scheduled posts on our nation being in such deep doo-doo already, that it’ll take generations to recover……. if it ever does.

Now on to my domestic duties of the Saturday...

DONTREADONME (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 12:37AM EST (link)

Well, I hate crap from China, did you ever notice that when you put together IKEA or Walmart Chinese garbage their always a piece missing? I mean seriously, I am short one M8 nut, yes its metric. Talk about the missing link, without this nut the Cable Box stand that goes next to my 42″ LG LCD 120Hz (60 fv/60 fh) 1080p HDTV will not be supported. So I have this stupid silver stand thing cantelevered out of my wall that could not support my wifes cross stitch patterns. I know I can go out to home depot and pick up a small box of M8 nuts but come on I only need 1. Heck, they did not even give me enough relief to stick a different sized screw with nut that I have in the house. Talk about irritating.

Next my garden, well it is out of control since global warming kicked in this year. I mean VA has been cool and it has rained, what everyday since April. I exaggerate of course. My daylillies are monsters and I have so many blooms coming out of these monsters, it is a amazing. I have what I believe to be psychodelic shrooms growing out of my flower pots which are either ink caps or liberty cap mushroom, I jest about the psychadelic mushrooms. Jim from “Taxi” got a little excited when I said psychoshrooms. So, I had garden duty. For good measure, I did some work today and played some Punch-Out on the Wii and looking forward to the Ghostbuster game on PS3. Yeah, I am dork like that.

Lastly, I have been keeping up with the Iranian goings-on, and I can not see how this will result in any meaningful change in Iran so long as a Supreme Leader or the Mullahs are in control. What you will get is symbolic changes that are superficial to make the populace believe a push towards freedom (no dictatorship is how it is spun now) has occurred, but in reality a continuation of atomic weapon aspirations and oppression will continue. Sad really, you always want to see liberty and economic freedom sweep over that part of the world but I do not see the fertilizer to allow it to happen.

Think of the additional profit to be made by

Achance (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 7:21AM EST (link)

leaving out that one 8mm nut from a bazillion kits. I swear, sometimes I think of it that way; can’t just be that s&*t happens when everything from China is missing some piece of hardware. And they by God can’t make decent metal over there as exemplified by the fact that you can tear out the slots of a Chinese phillips head with just a moderate twist from a hand screwdriver; don’t even think about using an electric with any speed and power on a screw made in China.

And there is a special Hell for the guy who designs the packageing that requires a set of tools worthy of Tim Allen to open. When I become the Minister of Convenience, somebody’s going to die!

In Vino Veritas

10 10 10 10 10 !!!!!! nt

Kenny Solomon (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 7:38AM EST (link)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

They have been blaming us for stuff

mom2oneson (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 3:15AM EST (link)

for a long time. I don’t know why RS’ers don’t believe me. ;) They don’t think capitalist like we think of the word it’s like a bad word to them. I don’t watch the MSM but I know 100% certain Iranian leaders have blamed us for a lot. They even have their young children say a negative chant about us like we do the pledge. Could you imagine if we had our kids say one word bad about another country as part of the day in one school never mind every school for years and years.

I repeat, Iran is already blaming us for meddling in their nation...

DONTREADONME (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 2:37PM EST (link)

It seems that all of the talking heads on TV that support the notion that Zero’s quiet and non-confrontational demeanor is because the “kiss of death” in Iran is the U.S. is involved. So to prove these talking heads ignorant we have this story…
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,528010,00.html

 
 
 

My wife kidnapped me

izoneguy (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 12:00AM EST (link)

and took me to a movie. She gets nervous when I start monitoring events like Iran. My family is blessed that we have the freedom to do what we want. Our thoughts & prayers are with the people of Iran.

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

 

Obama is a lightweight.

itrytobenice (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 12:25AM EST (link)

The msm is his BFF.

And yes, the sun will rise in the east tomorrow.

It’s all too sad.

Proper grammar saves lives.

Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.


Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

 

Saturday doings: Started with time with my daughter at Taliesen West.

ColdWarrior (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 3:00AM EST (link)

Took the tour with her. Then spent a couple more hours with her. Then when I got home, watched some of the Iran coverage with her and her brothers, who are 9. She’s 11. Explained that the Iranian people know the people who claim to be their government have stolen the election for their president.

Spent some time on the net with other conservative precinct committeemen developing plans to recruit more of us at the July 4 Tea Parties in the greater Phoenix area.

Then wrote the following to try to recruit conservatives into action within the Party as PCs.

It’s pretty simple, no?

The Problem:

We have a political party, the Democrat Party, run by a cabal of power-mad, really misguided, bad people, in power. They are hell bent on ignoring our Constitution and imposing as much socialism on the people as they can get away with between now and the 2010 elections. Why? Because they believe they have the right to impose their will on the rest of us because they believe they are smarter than the rest of us. They tricked the well-intentioned, those who want to “help the poor people,” into going along with their plans. Prior to the 2008 election, they had Obama tell lies from his teleprompter to every special interest group to get their votes. And they succeeded. Those of you who voted for Obama were fools. Get over it. AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. WILL YOU?

If not, save your time, go back to your television or whatever it is you do “DO,” and quit reading now. If you are interested in a concrete plan to “secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity,” then read on.

The Solution:

What to do?

It’s pretty simple, no? Throw the Democrat cabal out at the next election. In 2010, we have the ability to throw out of office all Democrats (and Republicans who vote like Democrats – more on that in a moment) out of office.

How can we ensure that we DO THIS?

It’s simple. Have the main opposition political party, which seems to be weak and without a coordinated strategy to stop the Democrat Party, become stronger. That party is the Republican Party.

How do we make the Republican Party stronger and more likely to beat the Democrat Party in 2010? Listen up. BY HAVING ALL CONSERVATIVES WHO HAVE BEEN SITTING ON THE SIDELINES OF THE POLITICAL BALL GAME GET INTO THE BALL GAME.

What does that mean? Again, listen up: JOIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS A PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN.

Why is this important? Why is this the solution? Two reasons.

First reason. Ever notice how the Republican “leaders” don’t seem to be very effective in advocating an alternative to Obama and the Democrats? Would you like to change those Republican Party leaders? Who votes for them? ONLY REPUBLICAN PARTY PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN vote for the Party leaders. If you are registered Republican, do you recall ever voting for Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele? No recollection? Let me help you here. You didn’t vote for him. Again, ONLY REPUBLICAN PARTY PRECINCT COMMITTEEMEN GET TO VOTE for the Party leaders.

Second reason. Ever notice how Republican candidates in the general election often seem to be just an echo of their Democrat adversaries? That they don’t offer a clear choice to the voters? Those Republicans who sound just about like Democrats are “moderate” Republicans, or what is called a “Republican in Name Only,” or RINO Republican. They don’t believe in the limited government set forth in the Constitution and they don’t take seriously their oath to support the Constitution and the Article VI requirement that they only pass laws “in Pursuance of” the Constitution. Precinct committeemen are in a better position, than the voters who are only registered to vote in the Republican Party primaries, to actually cross-examine the Republican Party primary candidates. Conservative precinct committeemen, in contrast to run-of-the-mill registered Republicans, get to quiz these primary candidates about their beliefs. And then, because precinct committeemen have access to the voter rolls in their precinct, they can advise the Republican voters in their precinct as to which candidate ought to get their vote in the primary.

If all the slots in your precinct happen to be filled, however unlikely, you can still volunteer.

Bottom line: The more conservatives we have in the precinct committeemen ranks, the more likely we will have conservative leaders and spokesmen and the more likely we’ll have conservative Republican candidates winning the primary elections and then going on to the general elections to soundly defeat the Democrat candidate. Real conservatives, like Ronald Reagan, tend to defeat liberal Democrats in landslides. Conservative American Constitutional principles always trump liberal socialist muddle-headed clap-trap.

Oh, and I left this part out. The Republican Party is there for the taking by the conservatives That’s because about half of the slots nationwide are unfilled. So it’s highly likely you’ll be able to become one. In my state, the Party is allowed one precinct committeeman for every 125 registered Republican Party voters. Until the next primary election, a registered Republican voter can be appointed to the position. Before the primary, a candidate for the office of precinct committeeman (it is an elected political position) must get the signatures of ten registered Republican or Independent voters to sign nominating papers. Most precinct committeemen run unopposed. In my county, two-thirds of the slots are unfilled. I am trying to fill those slots with conservatives. That will ensure that conservatives win the primaries and, then, it’s more likely we’ll beat the Democrat candidates in the general elections.

So, what are YOU going to do? This is not the time to assume “George is going to do it.” Your future, and the future of your children and your children’s children, is at stake.

Are you going to figure out how to get in touch with your local Republican Party organization and tell them you want to become a precinct committeeman? Or are you going to DO NOTHING but complain?

I’ll give you some help. Start here: www.gop.com. Drill into the site to find your state. Then your county. If that doesn’t work, do some more web searching. Call 411 for the Republican Party in your area. Don’t give up. Find the Party and JOIN IT.

To recap, is saving your country worth a few hours of your time each month? I thought so. Please read on for a recap of what to DO.

1. To change things, we must change the laws.
2. To change the laws, we must change the people who make the laws.
3. To get elected, your candidate must be on the ballot.
4. To get on the November ballot you must win the Primary.
5. To win the Primary, you must get the support of people who make endorsements in the Primary, who reliably vote in the Primary, and who get out the vote of others in the Primary. Those people are the Precinct Committeemen.

REAL CHANGE WILL NOT JUST HAPPEN

Most importantly, by becoming a Precinct Committeeman, YOU GET TO ACTUALLY VOTE FOR THE PARTY LEADERSHIP. YOU GET TO CAST A VOTE FOR YOUR LOCAL REPUBLICAN LEADERS UP TO THE COUNTY LEVEL, AND THEN GET TO ELECT ELECTORS WHO ELECT THE STATE AND NATIONAL PARTY LEADERS. If those who accept, understand and advocate conservative principles become a majority IN THE PARTY RANKS, guess what? The Party leadership voted in will be those who accept, understand and advocate conservative principles. THE WINNING PRINCIPLES THAT PRODUCED THE REAGAN LANDSLIDES. The Party again might appear to the voters to offer a clear choice from the Democrat Party, rather than an echo of it. HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN – YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU.

ELECTION WINNERS MAKE THE RULES

Go here to learn more:

The Most Powerful Office in the World is NOT the President of the United States: http://www.eagleforum.org/misc/brochures/precinct-committman.shtml

United we stand, divided we fall. The leftist cabal pulling Obama’s puppet strings and writing the scripts he reads off his teleprompter wants us to leave the GOP. That leftist cabal wants to divide us. That leftist cabal wants a weak, moderate GOP. And many weak, splintered Third Parties to siphon away votes from the GOP. That leftist cabal wants us to be divided because that way they will defeat us at the ballot box.

BECOME A REPUBLICAN PRECINCT COMMITTEEMAN for the sake of your country: Contact the Republican Party NOW and tell them you want to become a Precinct Committeeman.

Oh, and I left this part out. Not everyone can be a Republican Party precinct committeeman. It’s a competitive office. It varies from state to state. Where I live, the Party is allowed one for every 125 registered Republican Party voters. But the good news is that about half of the slots nationwide are unfilled. So it’s highly likely you’ll be able to become one. If all the slots in your precinct are filled, you can still volunteer. Your way of life under freedom are at stake.

You can do what’s necessary! Now get to it!

Thank you.

In 2012, will YOU become a “voting member” of the Republican Party in your precinct?

Where it all started. Twitter @kaltkrieger
Learn how to GOTV at The Concord Project and at Procinct and Unified Patriots.

 

Took the family to be tested for swine flu.

Karina (Diary) Sunday, June 21st at 6:57AM EST (link)

No gardening here though, unlike a lot of you. Just sand. Had lunch at TGIFridays on the Persian Gulf. My DH had to pull me out of the computer. Watched Iran coverage. It’s only 50 miles away so it’s very important here. My husband is looking for a job in TX so hopefully we can get back to the States this fall. I hate missing what’s going on over there. And yes, ColdWarrier, I’ll be signing up as a PC as soon as we get there.