change of pace...

...even though I'm really riled up about politics, I'm going to ignore it all for at least today.

Hurricane Ida and the Bird. Not a band, but there's a video:

This is from our weekend last (13th anniversary weekend getaway) at Manasota Key.

BHO Jugend (V)

Halloween is spooky even on this blog...

BHO Jugend (IV)

Scary.

BHO Jugend (III)

We'll try this again!




Scared? Happy Halloween!

MEAD

This bottle of the 30brix went over very well at Fred's Oktoberfest party! He tells me I made some mead drinkers that night. That's my job. I'm a Meadvangelist.
SKOL!

Quote of the Day:

"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace."

Thomas Paine


I have 3 children, so I guess I feel the same thrice over.

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Since the first video was apparently killed by YouTube, here's another posting.

Guns allowed in Arizona bars

Hey, barkeep, if you're so concerned that guns might be kept (by folks who aren't even drinking) in the vicinity of your bar, don't you worry about all the cars in your parking lot?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4PSarfGJNWRZRC0OWFn9f0dF59wD9B18F0O0

Mr. President, what office are you running for now?

A good article, Mr. Boreing.

BHO Jugend

Newsworthy?

I searched the front pages of ABC news, CBS news, and NBC (or is it MSNBC) news for information on the 9/12 march in D.C.

my summation:

ABC: an article expressing nothing of the substance of the protest, only questioning the tally of participants. was it 30,000 or 2,000,000? I got the feeling from the article that it was simply the author's way of complaining about the excitement surrounding the event. Don't take my word for it, read it yourself! Also, there were 5 mentions of Kanye West. Who? Oh, Kanye "George Bush doesn't care about black people!" West.

CBS: an "opinion" section article describing the protest against Big Government as "a gigantic temper tantrum". Again, read it yourself! To CBS' credit, I only spotted the above-mentioned Mr. West once.

(MS)NBC: Kanye West: 1. Rally in D.C. featuring tens if not hundreds of thousands of anti-big-government protestors: 0.

I attempted image searches at Bing, Google, and Yahoo for the term "9/12 march on washington"

My #1 results from each:

Bing:

AIDS poster.

Google:

Picture of ACORN activists surely from some other event.


Yahoo:a photo from the "Let Gaza Live! National March on Washington"

Compare/Contrast pres.40 v. 44

Pres. 40 (Ronald W. Reagan): "I won the nickname the great communicator. But I never thought it was my style that made a difference - it was the content.
"I wasn't a great communicator, but I communicated great things, and they didn't spring full blown from my brow, they came from the heart of a great nation, from our experience, our wisdom, and our belief in the principles that have guided us for two centuries."

Pres. 44 (Barack H. Obama):
"What they'll say is: 'well, it costs too much money' but, you know what, it would cost about... it... it... would cost about... it would cost about the same as what we would spend... it... over the course of 10 years it would cost what it would cost us... alright... okay, we're going to... the... it would cost us about the same as it would cost for about... hold on one second, I can't hear myself ah *giggles*, but I'm glad you're fired up, though, I'm glad."

A really bad piece of reportage:

This article on KXXV ABC in Texas (actually an AP story) does not explain why the NRA is moving against Sotomayor except to say 'Sotomayor has a "hostile view" of the Second Amendment'. The article explains the US Chamber of Commerce's position even though it isn't relative to the story itself. We end the piece with a quote from an anti-NRA group but once again get absolutely no information about why they might back the controversial Supreme Court nominee. There is mention of the defeat of a bill to allow CCW holders reciprocity with every other CCW state, but the article fails to explain how that is at all relevant.

All in all, I guess readers are left to form their own opinions simply based on which lobbying groups they like. What a lazy way to fill some webspace...