An Argument the NRA Cannot Win (w/poll)
Update to title after reading comments and poll: Or Maybe The Can After All...This is a short diary, inspired by this, posted by Something The Dog SaidTaking what Something The Dog Said idea in...
View ArticleZedMont's Casa Caliente Guacamole
INGREDIENTS5 large avocados3/4 cup cherry tomatoesjuice of 1 lemon 1 tsp. sweet onion1 clove garlic1 fresh jalapeno pepper1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce1/4 cup fresh...
View ArticleThe Shame Behind The Headline: Dallas Morning News November 23, 1963
"KENNEDY SLAIN ON DALLAS STREET," screamed the inch-and-a-half letters in the 4-inch headline. As if large words could somehow assuage the sorrow and guilt of a city at the center of "Why?"There were...
View ArticleWhat Makes Texas Different?
I'm watching Leticia Van De Putte, Dem candidate for Lieutenant Governor, miss a golden opportunity while being interviewed by His Wordship Chuck Todd.Todd asks her why Texas has done so comparatively...
View ArticleI am the world's biggest WIMP!
Okay, so I was taking my daily hike today and there were these two chicks that I passed and I was going up this steep hill looking all cool, senior citizen jogging up hills and stuff and then I fell on...
View ArticleI'll lose the election, but the Texas Republicans running against me will...
I got this email from my friend Maggie telling me that she neither knew nor liked any of the Texans running for Senate, so she wrote in my name. Then I got another email saying she mentioned it to her...
View ArticleThe U.S. Naval Academy is now wearing the Gadsden "Don't Tread On Me" flag on...
This is the text of an email I sent the Navy today. I knew the Air Force had gone nuts with it's proselytizing, but now the Navy has gone full teabag??? I watched the Army-Navy game the other day and...
View ArticleOrigin of Santorum "Blah" People
Maybe somebody noticed this before, but I was watching this movie, "The Promotion," from 2008, and was surprised to see a character try to explain his way out of a remark to a black superior that...
View ArticleSo you think marriage is a Christian institution...
I am so disgusted by the ignorance and bigotry being spouted by clergy and laity alike that I could puke. For example in her Los Angeles Times story posted today on MSN.com, Tina Susman quotes this...
View ArticleYes, thank you for your service, Carl.
I had this high school music teacher and choir director, Carl Best was his name. He was a marine in a former life, though he looked anything but. He was short, rotund, very bald, wore those short...
View ArticleThe Coming GOP Switcheroo
Donald Trump will not be the GOP nominee. Has no plans to be. He's running interference for Ted Cruz, who is silently drafting behind him and will pull around him when Trump finally glides into the...
View ArticleHow 'Bout A Hand For The Hog?
Watching Fox to see reaction to the SOTU, and surprised to find that they were forced to resort to “fillers,” given Iran’s unexpectedly quick release of our sailors. So…It seems there is a study to...
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