Category Archives: Satire

RANDOM THOTS for Aug 13, 2010

Happy triskaidekaphobia day!
It is a good day to watch where you step. Many years ago, on another triskadekwhatever day a good friend of mine was walking under a ladder when a black cat scooted across his path. The cat so startled him that he dropped the mirror he was carrying only to see it break into a million pieces. Woe came unto him. For the rest of his life, his wife refused to leave him. So be careful, lest the same should happen to you.

I see Obama has transferred his Ethics Czar to the Czech Republic.
Timothy Carney over at the Washington  Examiner reports on it in a piece entitled Obama closes curtain on transparency. I am only 80 years old, but this Administration is the least transparent I have seen in my lifetime. Right off the bat, press conferences were manipulated. That we saw when Obama  “accepted” a question from a reporter who had not raised his hand. The reporter was not paying attention and didn’t realize it was his turn to ask his friendly and obviously anticipated question.

Then Obama and his boys tried to exclude Fox News from a press meeting to which all the other networks had been invited. The Administration ran the Totalitarian flag up the pole with that move. Imagine what might have followed if the MSM had not shot it down. Even the liberal MSM saw the threat.

Ethics Czar?   Shoosh, Rahm. We don’t need no ethics Czar. Send him to the C.R.

FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH RAISES TAXES

FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH RAISES TAXES

The Bush tax cuts are coming to an end. Taxes are going up. Everyone knows it, even those who deny it. Bush is to blame.

This was Bush’s law. He is the one who signed the bill into a law  allowing taxes to be hoisted back up next year. Obama had nothing to do with it. The Bush-BP spill is hardly behind us, the Bush recession is worse than we thought, and now Bush is raising our taxes.

I am mad! I am so mad I could spit and slur!

REGARDING RANGLE

CHARLES RANGLE (D) NY

Charlie, you have lost your charm. You could have faded away with dignity. But no, you chose to clear your name. Now how silly is that?

You were a likeable opponent, never caustic, always ready with a smile. You brought respect to the seamier side of politics. Now you’ve blown it all. The share of corruption you took for yourself was small potatoes in the world of politics. It would have been forgiven and forgotten. We expect these little imperfections in a politician.

Your indignation is spoiling it all. Go home Charlie, while we still love you.

Bob B

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LAST WEEK

Week ending July 30, 2010
Monday
Goats clear lawn, town saves money, goats are happy

The town didn’t even have to provide health insurance.

Tuesday
Ahmadinejad says U.S. is about to attack two Mid-East countries.

He did not say which countries, but we can guess who one of them would be.

The Defense Department lost 8.7 billion dollars
Check your bank account. Maybe it went there by mistake.

Wednesday
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton, a Clinton appointee, strikes down Arizona law.

This looks like one for the U.S. Supreme Court

Thursday
Spain issues International arrest warrant for U.S. Servicemen

See our post

Friday
White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity
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Now you will not need to go to the library to be spied upon. Where are the screams from the left?

Decision near on Maxine Waters ethics case,
If there is any more swamp clearing in Washington we will be in trouble with the Environmental Department. They are charged with keeping things natural, you know.

Bob B

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COURAGEOUS RESTRAINT


“No one country should have an advantage over another”, declared Barack Obama during his visit to Canada for the recent G20 summit conference.

Now there’s an inspirational thought. The President is saying, what the world needs is mediocrity, more mediocrity. The idea probably occurred to him while watching the Chicago Cubs.

Here’s a thought. If it’s good for nations, why not for baseball? Shouldn’t the team that wins the pennant be required to trade some of their best players with the team that finished last? You know, spread the skill around.

And what’s good for baseball should be good for education too. Lake Wobegon should be condemned, along with any other town where all the children are above average. Towns like that could develop an advantage over other towns. That is not in the spirit of mediocrity.

Progress is actually underway in the military with the proposal for a medal called The Medal for Courageous Restraint. This is a genuine proposal, not a joke. The concept is to reduce the casualties of war by rewarding a soldier, who in the face of danger, fails to act. It seems the time has come to recognize the contribution made by those who just watch and think, while others are getting the job done.

It occurred to me that if we are going to encourage fighting men not to use their weapons, a lot of money could be saved simply by not supplying them with guns in the first place. Foolish thought,  how could a soldier exercise courageous restraint without a gun to refuse to use?

 

Bob B

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SAN JOSE STOPS CLEANING THEIR TOILETS

By having the job done by the greedy private sector the town plans to save 4 million dollars. Three cheers for greed!

But what happens to the displaced municipal employees? The town appears only to be interested in profits, I should say savings, and cares not a whit about what it means for the toilet cleaner’s children who still need to be clothed and fed. What about them, we asked.

The mayor said Hattie Wilson and Angus Doolittle, the most senior of the crew, will be given appointments as Ladies and Mens Room Czars, respectively of course. But what of the others we asked. “We have set aside 4 million dollars to retrain them” , the mayor said. Adding, “still, they may need to step down to some sort of less remunerative work.”

NOT HATTIE WILSON

Bob B

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P.S. Seriously, it says a lot when government turns to the private sector to get a job done that they can not do a simple as efficiently on their own.

LAST WEEK

Week ending July 2, 2010

Monday
Russian spies arrested, 11 of them.
This stuff is no limited to the movies.

Paul Krugman warns we need to go deeper in debt to avoid a Depression
And he won a Pulitzer Prize in economics They should have given it to Joe the Plumber..

Senate gives Obama the power to close of your access to the Internet.
George Orwell should have called the book “2010”.

Tuesday
The stock market drops 268 points.
The Consumer Confidence index fell from 62 to 52 in one month.

Wednesday
Democrats deny Republican request to visit the oil spill, logisical problem.
As Yogi would say, Republicans can’t go there any more, it’s too crowded.

Congressional Budget Office projects debt to reach WW II levels by December
Krugman cries more! more! Poor Paul is puzzled, we dig and dig more, but still don’t reach the top of the hole.

Thursday
The New York Times reports Hillary warming up to Ukraine now that they have a more pro-Moscow president.

KIEV (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may initiate renewed U.S. interest in Ukraine after a flurry of pro-Russian moves by its new leadership when she visits the ex-Soviet republic on Friday, analysts said.

Clinton’s stop in Kiev, at the start of a five-country regional trip, is the first to Ukraine by a top U.S. official since President Viktor Yanukovich was elected in February, ousting pro-Western leaders and tilting policy toward Russia.

Friday
Random Thots takes a break

Bob B

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PELOSI SETS NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

Most stupid statement ever uttered.

“[Unemployment compensation] creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name.” Sure, and the quickest way to dry your clothes is to put them out in the rain.

Play the video. Her appeal is pathetic. The only thing that can be learned from it is how little regard some Politicians (D) Any State, have for the intelligence of their constituents.

As Monty Python would say, now for something completely different.

Hmmm…John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Eliot Spitzer, Jack Kennedy and now Al Gore. Why is it the Democrats have all the fun while the best a Republican can do is tap his foot on a men’s room floor?

Bob B

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RANDOM OBSERVATIONS, June 21, 2010

The  Mohegan Sun is a very profitable casino in Connecticut. So profitable that every member of the Mohegan tribe is given about $30,000 each year as a share of the profits just for being a Mohegan Indian. The Obama Administration gave them an extra 54 million dollars to distribute this year. It was called “Stimulus Money”. It looks more like reparations to me.

Here is something not observed so much anymore –  Obama bumper stickers.

The New York Times had an op-ed article the other day headlined ”The Glory is Gone”. This guy is dropping so fast even Rasmussen cannot keep up with the polls.

Eleven ships of our Navy passed through the Suez Canal. Fill up your car now because if things start to pop, gasoline will cost more than whiskey.

Drudge refered to Joran as “Van der Slut”. It’s not the first time sluts have been insulted.

DEAD PEOPLE DON’T VOTE

BENNEFITS CURTAILED FOR RESIDENTS
AP headline Obama to agencies: Don’t pay dead people

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is setting up a “do not pay” list in hopes of stopping government checks sent to those who shouldn’t get them, such as contractors who are in jail — and even dead people.

It’s about time. Dead people don’t have much in the way of expenses and there is no need to keep them on the dole after their period of eligibility runs out. The Administration realizes that dead people don’t vote much, except in a few districts. The money would be better used if spread around elsewhere where it can do some good.

The Administration did not say why they chose to include contractors in jail, with dead people. When you have executive privilege there are a lot of things you do not have to say. Come to think of it, I don’t believe convicted felons are allowed to vote either. Hillary launched a brief effort to restore voting  rights for felons back in 2006 . She gave up quickly, perhaps realizing that (1)if they were contractors, and (2)and they were in jail, then they must be Republicans.

The proposal appears to have universal support, as those affected have raised no objections.

Bob B

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