MEXICAN FLU IS HERE?

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Yeah, I know the article in the paper is not exactly in agreement with the header, but hey, what's poetic licence all about?

"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid.

"She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is well; but she will also never sit down on a cold one anymore."-- Mark Twain

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Some news that might have something to do with Asian, er, Mexican Flu:

Chinese restaurants flush with mouse meat

Nutritious but potentially illness-inducing field mice are finding their way onto restaurant dinner plates in parts of China.

"The trucks carrying mice arrive at 4 a.m. and all the goods can be sold out before 7 a.m.," a mouse broker said of the delicacy. Shipments of mice are being delivered daily from Hunan Province to restaurants in Fanyu, Zhaoqing, Dongguan and Nanhai in Guangdong Province, the broker said.

The shipments increased from just one delivery a week last year, after flooding in central China forced an estimated 2 billion field mice from their holes near Dongting Lake, China Daily reported.

Nutritious mouse meat is packed with protein and minerals, but health officials in Guangzhou -- where mouse meat was officially banned in 2003 -- warned it could carry infectious diseases.

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SCARED? ME? DROP THE BOMB

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Scared? Who's scared? The One and his frickin' pooch are safe with a shelter, along with Mom and the kids. Oh, Hillary? Bill says she'll be okay in Afghanistan. (Guess he didn't know she was back in town.)

And whoever was elected Veep probably has his own shelter.

"Clinton was appearing before the appropriations panel that is reviewing the administration's request for $7.1 billion in additional funds for the State Department this budget year. Of that total, $497 million would be for State Department support of Pakistan and $980 million would be for Afghanistan. About $482 million would be for Iraq." (I wonder who gets the rest? North Korea? Iran?)

"Clinton said that local job creation is a key purpose of the extra funds requested for State Department work in Afghanistan. She told the panel that a main goal is to improve security at the local level in Afghanistan by putting more people to work. "

Hey Mr. President, maybe she knows how to put America back to work. And protect our borders. I remind you that "No one should be above the law".

And for the rest of us: Dig shelters.

PRESIDENT SAYS "OBEY LAWS"

1. The President seems to be doing the old timey politician thing. And not very well. Click on the header and remember these two statements from Barack Obama, made just this past Sunday:
2. 1. No one in America should be above the law.
3. 2. Existing U.S. laws should be upheld.

Yeah, that car trunk is full of illegal aliens. (That kind of smuggling gets a big DUH.)

THE WAR AGAINST VETERANS

Click on the header. Achtung. Or don't. Your choice.

My head hurts. All the thinking today has brought pain and anxiety into my reasonably calm life. Well, as of yesterday and today.

This is an important link to be noted and read:

http://washingtonindependent.com/39902/bush-era-rule-grants-fbi-broad-investigative-powers. In fact, it's downright scary.

Just a couple of days ago, a friend of ours stopped (to take Wild Thing shopping) and showed us a new trophy her Mustang had won in some competition.

I eyed this plaque and remarked something to the effect of "don't you ever loose in these shows?"

She looked at me strangely and replied "Well, I think I'm on the 'suspicious persons' list or 'anti-American list' or something."

I stopped laughing only when I looked at her face. She wasn't kidding. I was stunned.

We've known Peggy for some years and recognize that she was Air Force for many years, her Dad was a WWII vet, she served as a cop and is in security now. further, she has dedicated her Mustang to veterans of American wars and has been in patriotic parades, has allowed vets to take pictures of the displays on and in her car. She flies our flag at her home and celebrates the fourth of July just like you and me. She is a 100%, born in the U.S.A. person, won't listen to foreigners berating our country (that includes Presidents -- whether she likes them or not) and she loves her country.

I would trust her with any flag I own.

"So," I asked with my usual boyish charm, "how did you make the FBI's 'I'm watching you list', considering how American you are?" I couldn't say Yankee. She's from Georgia.

She replied, "The only thing I can think of is that I'm a member of the Patriot's Club here in Albuquerque."

"Uh, Peggy," I said, "that doesn't sound exactly subversive to me?"

"They're not. I'm a patriot and proud of it. So are you, so quit the grinning."

"Okay, okay," I remarked. " Maybe I'll make the FBI list, too."

I've Googled N.M. Patriot's Club and Patriot's Club and the most anti-American thing I could come up with was the New England Patriot's not winning that Super Bowl.

My guess is that the "club" is pretty small and can't even afford a web page. How that would qualify her as "person to watch" defeats me.

DOUBLE NEGATIVES

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Here's an odd start:

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day.

"In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language where in a double positive can form a negative."

A voice from the back of the room said, "Yeah, right."

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Believe it or not, that one got me thinking. Not about our weird English. Nope. Got me thinking about the double negatives involved in our country's strange political arenas. Sometimes I wonder about whether I've lost my mind or am about to lose it. (I heard that, Buck.)

Ahem. We have elected (for good or evil, take your choice) a man who claims to want change. So he is going to take the troops out of Iran. And put them in Afghanistan.

And he wants all Americans to get $800 to help bail out American companies by going on a buying spree. Well, maybe $300 each. Perhaps $250 would be better. But billions to companies like Fannie Mae, AIG, etc., etc., so they can give their employees multi million dollar bonuses. Well, okay, I guess. (I must have missed that curve. But I have some knowledge about when I'm being screwed. Honest.)

He wants to fight a border war with Mexican thugs, but he also wants to take our guns away so we can't defend ourselves against their savagery. That would be a change.

The One says is visiting many places in the world (where he can bow his head in obeisance). That's very definitely change.

Now, here's a possible change that may occur to the One:

"ABC News says Americans spend $300 billion every year on games of chance, and that doesn't even include weddings and elections." For all I know, he may be rubbing his hands together, remembering that Indian tribes did not give him a really warm welcome. So is it possible he will nationalize all casinos in the U.S? That would be a change.

************************************************************************************ Here's some change from New Mexico: Prisoners riot over sausage "Prisoners rioted at a jail in New Mexico after being told they would be allowed only one sausage each at dinner. Inmates of the Lee County Prison started fires, broke toilets and smashed windows, reports the Hobbs News Sun. Officials said the prisoners began yelling and banging on their doors in what they described as a "temper tantrum." Officers from the Lea County Sheriff's and Hobbs Police departments were called in to restore control, and the jail was locked down after the incident. Warden Jann Gartman said 33 prisoners were involved in the disturbance. The remaining 300-plus prisoners at the jail accepted the meal without incident, authorities said."

I include this because we seem to want to take better care of our law breakers than our seniors and children. Perhaps that should change?

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Again, considering change, has the One forgotten this? Have you and I?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/20/us/politics/20obama.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1212602960-c4VrdxH/5+jdvRipWn97Jw

How about the change in the One's taxes?

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/04/16/the-obamas-tax-return-a-glimpse-into-the-presidents-financial/?icid=mainhtmlws-maindl8link5http%3A%2F%2Fwww.walletpop.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2F16%2Fthe-obamas-tax-return-a-glimpse-into-the-presidents-financial%2F

And here's a change: Obama has resurrected the Dead. The Grateful Dead, that is. Well, all except Jerry Garcia.

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Yeah, right....

1773 - 2009 Same Party, Same Result?

The header is ready this time (I hope). We could use a few thousand women like her. A Tea Party is about to be held. But not just in Boston. Apparently, all over the U.S. (Canadians are welcome to join in) and possessions. ************************************************************************************ Here's a link to a page (or two): http://newamericanteaparty.com/. We can't remind King George now, but there is an elitist who should react. I'm mailing my tea bag. Guess I'm a trouble maker. But Americans need to be frightened about the roads we seem to be embarking upon. More to come.