And I thought I was a nerd.

Six years ago, I took a management job that I'd been wanting for about six or seven months.  When asked by my supervisor what my availability was, I told him I could work every day, any time, except for Tuesday nights.  After all, Tuesday night was "Buffy" night, and a girl has to have her priorities.

One Tuesday, someone had to go to the hospital, and I was called and asked if I could come in to work for a few hours.  I groaned.  I complained.  And, at the end of the day, I put a tape in the VCR (how old school is that), put on some nice clothes, and went to work.  I watched "Buffy" a few hours late, that night.  The world went on.

I had a similar policy during "Battlestar Galactica"; I think the standing rule was, if you call me on a Friday night during BSG, you better be getting robbed.  At the end of the day, though, if I got a call from one of my stores, I still answered it.  Yes, even during BSG night.

Some things really are more important than a television show.  I know, it's crazy talk, especially if you ask the "Lost" fans who are terrified that their season premiere may or may not be getting bumped for something as totally lame as the State of the Union address:

These fans would truly be lost without their favorite TV show — and they're taking their case to the top.

 Fans of the ABC series about marooned plane crash survivors fear President Barack Obama will give his State of the Union address Feb. 2.

 That's the same day as the three-hour premiere of the final season of "Lost."

Twitter comments Wednesday included "Leave my LOST alone, Skippy!" and "Come onnnn, Obama..pick another day."

 The Facebook group "Americans Against the State of the Union on the Same Night as LOST" asks "When will it end?" It notes that Obama already bumped "A Charlie Brown Christmas" for his Afghanistan speech in some markets.

 The White House isn't saying when Obama will speak. An ABC spokesman wouldn't say whether the network would consider moving the premiere.

DISCLAIMER: I do not watch, nor have I ever watched, "Lost".  Yes, yes, I know, I know, many people think that damages my sci-fi-tv-nerd-cred.  I don't care.  I was busy watching a million other brilliantly nerdy shows when "Lost" first premiered and haven't taken the time to go back and watch it since.  Get over it.

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The Obamas just can't control anything.

Seriously.  I was willing to overlook the fact that the White House was a little up in arms over a PETA advert that had an image of Michelle Obama alongside Oprah Winfrey, Tyra Banks, and Carrie Underwood that read "Fur Free and Fabulous."  After all, the president of PETA said that they didn't bother to ask for permission for the ad since they knew the White House would tell them to fuck off, and what does PETA care?

But, when only twenty-four hours later, I see yet another story of someone using a picture of an Obama - this time, Big O himself - without the White House's permission, someone's got to stop and say what the fuck, and it might as well be me.

What.  The.  Fuck. 

I know the Obamas can't control what other people do, but this is just fucking ridiculous.  They can't even control their own images being used in advertising campaigns, and, when it happens, according to the NYT piece, they can't "comment on whether the matter had been resolved," which - at least in my stupid moron brain - means they haven't been able to do jack shit about it.

Of course, as far as I'm concerned, PETA is essentially a terrorist organization, and it's not like I expect the Obama administration to be able to do anything about terrorism ...

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How do you screw up killing al Quaeda in Yemen?

Jane of Armies of Liberation guest blogs at the Jawa Report, mostly about Yemen.
So Obama helped kill al Quaeda in Yemen. Yay! Right?

Maybe not. Jane is pretty sure the answer is "Definitely not".

Yemen's been busy bombing people, but not necessarily al Quaeda types. There's a strong anti-dictatorship group (claiming to be democrats, I hope so), so maybe we just helped the dictator of Yemen, Saleh, kill some inconvenient people.
Check out Jane's page and just scroll, it's interesting reading. She knows Yemen, enough for the gov't to officially hate her.

So it looks as if Obama just made the US look like a tool of dictators.
Again.

We are so screwed.

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The Real Truth Behind That Weird Scandi Light Over Scandiland

Yeah, I know Moron Central has a post up about the Scandi Lights, but Alice used her secret decoder glasses and discovered a darker truth.

 

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Does this look like a fucking accident to YOU?

This is an accident.



This is an accident.



This is an accident.

more...

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Barack Obama: Friend Of Business

Emerson Electric, based in St. Louis, MO, just decided to tell the O-ministration what they think of Teh Won's policies.

One of the country's most important industrial companies says the United States is not a good place to manufacture and it will continue moving its assets offshore.

The federal government is "doing everything in [its] manpower [and] capability to destroy U.S. manufacturing," says David Farr, chairman and CEO of Emerson Electric Co., in a presentation at the Baird 2009 Industrial Conference in Chicago Ill., on Nov. 11. In comments reported by Bloomberg, Farr added that companies will continue adding jobs in China and India because they are "places where people want the products and where the governments welcome you to actually do something. I am not going to hire anybody in the United States. I'm moving. They are doing everything possible to destroy jobs."

In his Powerpoint presentation available on the Emerson Electric Web site, Farr notes that the federal government is damaging prospects for U.S. economic growth with a $1.41 trillion federal deficit (10 percent of GDP); $12 trillion in government debt that will grow to $20 trillion in 10 years; a policy of printing money; a "non-targeted $800-billion stimulus"; bailouts for Wall Street and the automobile companies; the prospect for cap and trade legislation; a "government takeover" of health care to the tune of more than $1 trillion; increasing taxes and regulations; and a "lack of U.S. $ support" for manufacturing. The global stimulus "soon will fade," says Farr.

What more can I add?

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Your stimulus dollars at work

Some dork at a school district near Mesa, AZ stuck SETI@Home on a bunch of the district's computers in 2000.

This isn't that outrageous - I can say for a fact that there were multiple FAA computers that were running SETI@Home as of a few years ago, and may still be running them. What's outrageous is that the district is saying it's going to cost a million bucks to pull SETI@Home off its computers.

To put this in perspective, Denver Public Schools is the 38th largest district in the nation with over 150 schools and has 17,000 computers in-district. Higley Unified School District has ten schools. The district claims that they have 5,000 computers that have SETI@Home installed.

Yeah, no math on this blog, but...

$1,000,000 ÷ 5,000 = $200 per computer.  To remove something that has a clean uninstall that takes a couple of minutes.

Wouldn't this be cheaper if we just took away all their computers?

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Harry Reid just sunk Obamacare

There's no way the health care nationalization bill will get bicameral support now - Nancy will shoot it down.

The $848 billion health care bill unveiled Wednesday by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), includes a 5 percent tax on cosmetic procedures and surgeries.

I tried to find statistics for what percentage of plastic surgeons fund pro bono work from their cosmetic practices, but all I found was a bunch of posts on Yahoo Answers asking how to find doctors who perform pro bono breast augmentation.

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Captain Awesome Loves The Troops. Just Ask Him.

While Presiednt Obamabean waits to see if the Cowboys can win on Thanksgiving before deciding on troop activity in Afghanistan, he did utter this support for the men and women in uniform.

You guys make a pretty good photo op,”

Look, I do not begrudge any President posing with the troops, and it (deservedly so) is a great photo op to be seen with our brave troops. But to openly utter that phrase? C'mon, Barry! That's a fucking amateur hour comment.

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Eric Holder, you fucking imbecile

Do you really think that we're afraid of what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to say?  Has it not even occurred to you that you're making New York a potential target?  And in light of what just happened at Ft. Hood, how in fucking hell can you say that our infrastructure is strong?

Oh, and Obama, you're an idiot too.

"I think this notion that we have to be fearful that these terrorists possess some special powers that prevent us from presenting evidence against them, locking them up and exacting swift justice, I think that has been a fundamental mistake," Obama said in an interview with CNN.

Uh, respectfully, President Obumble, this isn't about fear that the terrorists are going to stick their tongues out and waggle their fingers at our country in court.  This is about creating a completely unavoidable circus in the middle of a city that has already endured enough, and it's about your sunshiney naivete not being enough to stop terrorist attacks on American soil.  The very fact that you want to stop the investigation into Ft. Hood shows how completely unwilling you are to admit that the entire world doesn't adore you.  Get your head out of your ass.

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Obama loses yet another popularity contest

I expect Obama's probably curled up in his closet right now, crying "But why don't those darned Chinese people LIKE me?!"

(Obama) came bearing a long shopping list, including Chinese support for tougher sanctions on Iran and more flexibility by Beijing on currency exchange rates, but Obama was met with polite, yet stony, silences.

This is what happens when you elect the small-town prom queen President, you stupid fucking libtards. 

The Chinese also understand that President Obama is not to be trusted talking to schoolchildren, as the 'town hall' was stocked with members of the Communist Youth League and was not allowed to be broadcast live.
Now if only the 52% could recognize what the rest of the world understands, that a nation's sovereignty is something to be valued and protected and upheld.  It certainly looks like the Chinese understand it.

"Obama coming here doesn't have anything to do with us. He's the president of the United States. We're Chinese," said Yang Xiuying, a clerk at a Beijing crafts store selling dolls of Obama dressed as Superman.

  

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Obama: Yeah, About That Tax Credit....

Wow. Who would have thought that the O-Ministration would want to tax something they "gave" to millions of people? It's almost as if this crew really likes to tax people making less than $250,000.

Most workers started receiving the credit through small increases in their paychecks in April. The tax credit was made available through new tax withholding tables issued by the Internal Revenue Service.

The withholding tables, however, do not take into account several common categories of taxpayers. And that could force some people to repay what the government gave them.

For example, a worker with two jobs gets a $400 boost in pay at each job, for a total of $800. That worker, however, only is eligible for a maximum credit of $400, so the remaining $400 will have to be paid back at tax time — either through a smaller refund or a payment to the IRS.

The IRS recognized there could be a similar problem for married couples if both spouses work, so it adjusted the withholding tables. The fix, however, was imperfect.

A married couple is eligible for an $800 credit. However, if both spouses work and make more than $13,000, the new withholding tables give them each a $600 boost — for a total of $1,200.

There were 33 million married couples in 2008 in which both spouses worked. That's 55 percent of all married couples, according to the Census Bureau.

Also, a single student with a part-time job gets a $400 boost in pay. However, if students are claimed as dependents on their parents' tax returns, they don't qualify for the credit and would have to repay it when they file their returns.

Some retirees face even bigger headaches.

More than 50 million Social Security recipients received $250 payments in the spring as part of the economic stimulus package. Those lump sum payments were intended to provide a boost for people who didn't qualify for the tax credit.

However, the payments were sent to many retirees who also received the tax credit. Those retirees will have the $250 payment deducted from their tax credit — but not until they file their tax returns next year, long after the money may have been spent.

"More than 10 percent of all taxpayers who file individual tax returns for 2009 could owe additional taxes," said J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration.

And what is really frustrating is how many of the people who get hit with this increase will fail to see the errors of supporting Democrat Party policies and continue the circle of stupidity.

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It now has a name

The Boobie Belt.

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Soooo....About That Recovery And The Reporting Of It

Thanks to this tweet from an intrepid Missouri dude, I decided to look for myself at the recovery.gov site to see if, indeed, jobs were being saved in a Congressional District that didn't exist.

Well, lookie here. Sure enough, the O-bots are claiming that five jobs were saved in the 14th MO Congressional District. Only problem? Missouri only has nine Congressional Districts.

Uh Oh!

Now, I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt to the O-Folks and assert that maybe the five jobs saved/created/whatever came from the 14th State Congressional District. But that is dubious, since the chart also lists the "00 Congressional District" and a few other oddly numbered ones, but not every State House District. And no "00" District exists for the State House.

Double Uh Oh!

Without sounding too conspiracy minded, something tells me that something fishy may be going on with the recovery claims. Or the O-Bots will simply claim this was a misprint. Either way, "Sheriff" Biden needs to look into this.

****UPDATE**** I did a scrrencap.

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Remember When Dubya Was Accused Of Cronyism?

Yeah. Glad those dark days are over. I just couldn't imagine Team Obama deliberately trying to use their positions of power to enrich their buddies and cover their tracks.

Good times. Good times.

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Looks like we're not the only ones missing Dubya

From Hillbuzz:

We hope someday to be able to thank George W. and Laura in person for all they’ve done, and continue to do.  They didn’t have to head to Ft. Hood.  That was not their responsibility.

The Obamas should have done that.

But didn’t.

Wouldn’t.

Thank goodness George W. is still on his watch, with wonderful Laura at his side.

(via @colocelt)

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This is how our CinC honors our veterans

His Highness doesn't recognize that he's not even fit to lick dogshit off our veterans' boots.



(via AtlasShrugs)

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What's Next? Apologizing To The Moon For Us Landing On It?

Why do I have a feeling this will just end up as another Apology Tour Stop?

Look, I do not want to see any US President go over to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, piss on the memorials there, and otherwise mock the Japanese for what happened. But I sure as hell cannot tolerate apologizing to Japan for doing whatever we needed to stop the war. Besides, Japan has not exactly been willing to apologize to her neighbors for shit like the Comfort Women, the Rape of Nanking, the Bataan Death March, and so on, so why the fuck should we apologize for winning and stopping the slaughter? Yeah, the A-Bombs and the destruction the produced were horrible, but so fucking what? Harry Truman felt compelled to do what he needed to do, and he fucking did it. And the worst war the world had ever seen came to an end because of it.

Jeebus Titty Fucking My Friend's Stepmom In The Hayloft Christ, what the fuck is wrong with the leftist mindset that they feel compelled to apologize for every fucking thing out there, except insulting domestic political opponents?  What the fuck is wrong with American Exceptionalism, American Freedom, and the triumph of those ideals that they must apologize for it, do whatever they can to rein it in, or try to avoid mentioning it in anything but the vaguest of terms? And what the fuck is wrong with the leftist mindset that they would rather see us lowered to the level of the rest of the world than see the rest of the world elevated to our standards? I mean, if you think Cuba or Europe are such fucking awesome places to emulate, then fucking live there. You won't see us shooting at you if you try to leave.

Gah! This pile of horseshit is so aggravating, where will it stop? Where else, for what, and to whom will Obama apologize next? Your guess is as good as mine.

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Team Obama, Economic Geniuses

Thank you, Larry Summers, for this quote.

 

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That's RACIST!

Seriously, it is.  I'd swear this political analyst was trying to figure out a way to conjure up the image of the lazy, shiftless black man without actually saying it.

“There may well be almost an unconscious effort on the part of the media to give Obama a bit more slack because he is more likable, because he is the first African-American president. That plays into it,” said Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political analyst at the University of Southern California.   

Soft bigotry at its finest.

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