Weekly Rants, Raves, and Whatever

*I'm getting a little tired of the Hurricane Katrina survivors that the media chooses to put on TV. The majority slander the President, demand compensation from their fellow citizens, and generally sound like whiners and complainers. It's probably an attempt to portray the US as rascist and evil, but the networks aren't doing evacuees any favors. If a lot of Americans feel as I do, it's got to make it harder to elicit charitable contributions when recipients do little more than growl at their benefactors.

*Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee haven't done well against Judge Roberts, and that's a good thing. What's really annoying is that they can't even come up with their own questions! Rather than pandering to abortion-rights groups, race-baiters, and environmental wackos, maybe they should pick up a copy of 'Selecting Supreme Court Justices for Dummies'.

*Officials in New Orleans say they want guns out of the hands of criminals, which is good. They want to go about it by disarming honest citizens, and that's nuts! Let's see, a flood hits a major American city. Panic ensues, the local cops split, the people are left to fend for themselves against Mother Nature, rapists, looters, and gang bangers, and the average New Orleanian is asked to submit like a lamb to the slaughter. This rant really ties in with my earlier rant about the evacuees. If you wait for the government to take care of your needs, the government will decide what your needs are and whose needs get filled. On the other hand, maybe Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin don't want the people they abandoned to the tender mercies of criminals to have access to weapons when they come a-calling!

Breaking News.....

I have just received word from a confidential source that the New York Times will be renamed "The Clinton Cuckold" in a move intended to secure the 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination for the junior senator from the Empire State. The editorial staff and management will also be shuffled in order to best serve Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign strategy.
Columnist Maureen Dowd will be replaced by a trained parrot named 'Polly Cracker', and scribe Paul Krugman will depart in favor of a homeless guy who has a better grip on reality!
Former President Bill Clinton will head the Lifestyle section, a position many say he was born for, and Bill's VP Al Gore is rumored to be the paper's new astrologer.

North County Blog vows to stay on the trail of this story, and is in negotiations with ex-CBS anchorman Dan Rather to affirm the veracity of the details. Stay tuned.

Got Da Blues Over Da Blues

Hockey season is set to resume after a year's hiatus. As if things weren't rough enough for the average NHL team after the strike/lockout, the St. Louis Blues are without their two All-Star defensemen. Chris Pronger is now in Edmonton, and Al McKinnis retired. Pronger could make some dumb mistakes and take some stupid penalties, but when his head was in the game he was the best, and his passes to the forwards were things of beauty. McKinnis was just an awesome defensive player, and had a slapshot that could dent a battleship. He's a Hall-of-Famer for sure.
We also lost forward Pavel Dimitra, who always showed tons of potential but never quite lived up to it.
Those of us who bleed Blue now have to pin all our hopes on Doug Weight and Keith Tkachuk, two high-priced players who have yet to string together several good games in a row. I think I'd have been tempted to dump most of the veterans and go with a bunch of younger players, but the team is for sale and a commitment from Bill Laurie to the future of the team is about as secure as a Wal-Mart employee's pension. Oh well, maybe the new owners will dump GM Larry Pleau and finally bring a real hockey mind to lead the Blue Note. How I long for the days when enforcer Tony Twist would skate out to beat the opposing team's goon into a bloody pulp, or mighty mite Kelly Chase would fight a player twice his size to protect his teamates. Twister and Kelly, wherever you are, this Bud Light's for you!

The 2005 Most Valuable Player Award goes to...

It's the middle of September and the Major League Baseball regular season is drawing to a close. According to the scribes, the contest for Most Valuable Player is between mighty Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals (cheers, loud applause) and some guy from the Cubs. They've got the right team and a great player in Albert, but if I had my say I'd choose the Red Birds' utlity players who have filled in so well for Scott Rolen, Larry Walker, and Reggie Sanders. John Mabry, Hector Luna, Abraham Nunez, So Taguchi, and John Rodriguez have played inspired baseball, and are a major reason the Birds have run away with the NL Central Division title. These super-subs deserve all the accolades the great St. Louis fans can throw their way.
Now, on to the World Series and avenge last year's loss to Beantown!

Diane, Ted, and Curly Joe!

There's a new "Dawn of the Dead(heads)" now showing in our nation's capital. Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, and Diane Feinstein star as zombies attempting to eat Supreme Court Justice nominee John Roberts' brain. Reading from a script worse than Ishtar, the 3 Senate Stooges are making bigger fools of themselves than I'd have thought humanly possible.
I think Biden is the pick of the litter. With talk radio constantly replaying his remarks during Ruth Bader Ginzburg's hearing, where he forthrightly defended her right to refuse to respond to questions concerning issues that might come before the Court, Plagiarizing Joe insists that Roberts must respond or the Republic will collapse. Maybe Mr. Biden is planning for another unsuccessful bid for the presidency, and needs the support of NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and the rest of the baby killers to jump start his campaign. (Note to Joe: Quit while you're ahead. A wasted mind is a terrible thing to lose!)
In comparison, Judge Roberts appears thoughtful, forthright, and way smarter than his inquisitors. I think the only person capable of pulling the Democrats' Oldsmobile out of Chappaquidick is Howard Dean. If anybody can make these three look better in comparison, it's Howlin' Howard.

Top Ten Questions for the 9/11 Commission

The 9/11 Commission asked a lot of questions during its existence, but I've thought of a few I can't remember them asking. Here are my Top 10:

10. Why is Al-Jazeera still on the air?
9. Why does the news media keep trying to discredit the passengers' actions on Flight 93?
8. How come Democrats and RINOs (Republicans in Name Only) are so concerned about the
legal rights of terrorists?
7. Does Saddam wear boxers or briefs?
6. Why do people not want us to fight for oil yet not let us drill for oil in our own country?
5. What qualifications did the Commission members have to investigate the worst terrorist
attack in our nation's history?
4. In the War on Terror, just whose side is Dick Durbin on?
3. Why do we still associate with countries known to support terrorist groups?
2. Why do liberals hate Christians but excuse the outrages committed by Islamic fanatics?
1. Why does the Left want photos of dead US soldiers shown on television while fighting to
keep images of the 9/11 attacks off the air?

On the 4th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on US soil, let's start asking our elected
leaders to actually fight the War on Terror instead of running their mouths about the rights
of murderers. There's a scarred piece of land in Pennsylvania marking the spot where a brave
group of average people sacrificed themselves to keep a small band of fanatics from obliterating the US Capitol. Does the Blame America First crowd ever think of those folks? Do they even care? Let's Roll!!!