Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Carnival Victim or Darwin Award Winner?

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/29/nh-man-loses-life-savings-on-carnival-game/

A New Hampshire man loses his "life savings" of $2600 on a carnival game called Tubs of Fun while trying to win an Xbox Kinect.  He says it was easy when he practiced but once he started playing the balls just kept bouncing out. Of course this genius started betting double or nothing and within minutes lost $300. 

I find it amazing that someone could actually lose $300 at a carnival game.  I find it kind of amazing that an adult would even take $300 to a carnival in the first place.  He then went home and got the rest of his "life savings" (the remaining $2300) and went back to resume playing Tubs of Fun. It took a few more minutes for him to lose the remaining money.

The next day he went to complain to the management of the carnival and was given $600 to shut the Hell up and go away.  So now he is planning to do what losers do best in America these days..he is going to SUE THE CARNIVAL!!!  What a world.

For starters taking that much cash to a carnival and trying to win the Xbox, dude just go to a store and buy one.  It is cheaper.  Secondly, your life savings was $2600.  You have failed horribly at life.  Being stupid enough to then make a spectacle of yourself by going to the news with the story so now everyone knows how dumb you are.  I am pretty sure this is how Jerry Springer never runs out of guests.  A judge should issue an order barring Henry Gribbohn of Epsom New Hampshire from fairs and carnivals for life.  He is a danger to himself and an embarrassment to the entire species.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Congratulations to Jason Collins

for what exactly?  He only has admitted that he prefers sex with other men.  That doesn't make him a hero.  It certainly is not worthy of any congratulations.  I do note that famous rapist Kobe Bryant congratulated him.  I also notice that with a crashing economy, terrorism, threats from North Korea and chemical weapons used in Syria the White House saw this as important enough to congratulate Jason Collins.

Jason Collins is an NBA player of minor accomplishments.  Certainly not on his way to any Hall-of-Fame.  He has never been an All-Star.  He has never been a double digits scorer.  Really just an ordinary role player for half a dozen NBA teams over his 12 year career.  But hey guess what...HE LIKES PENIS!  That makes him a hero.

Think about that for a moment.  We live in a world in which admitting homosexuality generates praise.  What of the opposite?  I am an adult male.  I really really like sex with younger women.  It is probably my favorite thing in the entire world.  Does that admission make me a hero?  It certainly makes me "normal" in the context of pretty much every man of my age in the world.  I suspect though in this twisted world that such an admission would generate ridicule. My coming out of the closet as straight is just a ho hum. 

For some reason I just don't see Jason Collins as on a level with a Silver Star winner just because he admits he prefers sausage.   I must be not insane.

Tim Tebow's Release

The New York Jets have waived Tim Tebow ending a short lived experiment in New York.  There will now be a lot of criticism thrown at him by media and the like for his poor performance and talent.  The thing is, the critics may not really have the point they think they do.

Thru parts of 3 seasons Tebow has a career passer rating of 75.3 thru 366 passing attempts.  Not great, not awful.  He has thrown for 17 touchdowns and only 9 interceptions which is extremely positive on little sample size.  With Denver he defeated the Steelers in the 2011 playoffs on a stunning play in the first snap of overtime that should solidify him in Broncos history.

For all of the criticism he has a much higher passer rating than Mark Sanchez who remains the incumbent in New York.  In fact his passer rating is 10 points higher than Joe Namath..the most legendary of all Jets quarterbacks.  There really is not much of a record of a player coming under so much criticism for so little body of work, especially when the numbers actually say he is more than he seems. 

The critics of Tebow really in essence lie.  They don't want to criticize his faith and look like bigots, so they attack his performance.  Performance that included an amazing run of comeback wins in 2011 (during his only real shot at starting) and a playoff win.  If  Tebow was a silent Catholic or an out of the closet homosexual he would be praised.  He is attacked for his faith by hypocrites who misrepresent performance.  It is clear as day.  As for the New York Jets, they are a train wreck.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

To the Critics of Sarah Palin

Who is really stupid?  Sarah Palin?  Or all the critics that fell for the Sarah Palin Czech Republic invasion joke? 

Thursday, April 25, 2013

General Electric Hypocrisy

While I understand and respect that businesses have as much right as anyone to work with whom they please, yesterday's announcement that GE Financial will not provide loans to Gun Shops got me curious.  Is the point to not provide opportunity for legitimate business that provides goods that are used to commit acts of violence really the motive?

In 2007 General Electric acquired Smiths Aerospace for $4.8B.  Rebranded as GE Aviation they provide various products used in FA-18 Hornets, F-22 Raptors, F-35 Lightning II and the Eurofighter.  Not exactly consistent with a less arms less violence perspective.

I won't even get into the Fukushima I nuclear power plant and how GE is possible the worst polluting business entity the world has ever known. I won't mention that at all.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Dealing with Tsarnaev, Miranda and the Aftermath

So now we get to have a national debate about the rights of the accused.  Since the war on terror began this country has constantly had issues with figuring out how to deal with people engaged in warlike activities against the United States or it's forces.

19 year old Dzokhar Tsarnaev is a naturalized American citizen who came to this country over 10 years ago.  He has lived here, gone to great schools, made friends and built an online social media following.  He also somewhere along the line became an Islamic terrorist.  He along with his older brother most assuredly are guilty for the murder of 4 innocent people and injuring nearly 200 this past week by bombing the finish line area of the Boston marathon, and several shootouts with authorities Thursday and Friday.

Nearly everyone is familiar with Miranda rights.  They are fundamental to our legal process.  They protect all citizens (and even non-citizens who are accused of crimes on American soil) ensuring legal representation and protections.  What most Americans are unaware of is that there is an exception to Miranda rights.  The so-called "public safety" exception.  It has existed for over 70 years having been first argued during World War II.  It is established law that persons captured in a battlefield are not criminals eligible for all the same legal protections as regular citizens.  Instead they are a different category.  It is common sense and universally understood (well except by liberal Democrats who have general issues with basic facts, but I digress).  The public safety exception allows that when there is a potential imminent threat, authorities are allowed to question someone without taking the time to bring legal representation into the process.

Clearly this young man is a killer.  He clearly engaged in terror activities against Americans.  There really is zero actual reasonable question about this whatsoever.  The issue of whether or not he will eventually be executed for his actions of this past week is moot.  It will happen regardless of who eventually represents him in court.  That said, he is a resource of potentially valuable information and should be interrogated using the public safety exception to gather intelligence.  There may well be a cell out there that needs exposing.  It should be a rather simple task for the FBI to question him offering that any intelligence he provides will not be used against him in the eventual actual criminal trial that is inevitable.

We are a nation of laws.  It makes us special.  The law can be a harsh thing.  This is one of those times.  I am not so concerned with Dzokhar Tsarnaev's personal rights (because ultimately they will be enforced and he will get his day in court) as I am that there may or may not be a larger group of evil out there going into hiding.  We need to find them.  Afterward, let this evildoer have whatever lawyers he can afford at his trial.  He will be found guilty of federal crimes.  He will die for them, unless he is put into general population and meets the wrong Patriotic inmate.  Oh well, things happen.

Saturday, April 20, 2013

The Nonsense of Jumping to False Conclusions

This week we saw the entire world watching reporting of the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon.  Pundits from various circles seemed to go out of their way to place expectations or open desire to pin the blame on Patriots, White Males, the Tea Party etc etc.  Even today one major network is struggling to find words to describe the bombers outside of the most obvious of all..Islamic.  These two monsters are not victims.  They are murderers who follow a faith that openly encourages such actions. 

Today I read that President Obama wants us to not judge entire groups of people.  This is insane.  Of course we should judge entire groups of people thru the prism of common sense.  Islamic terrorism is a real thing. It exists.  It has existed for centuries.  Mr. Obama may find it uncomfortable seeing as how he presumed support from parts of the world in which Wahabbism is popular, but that does not change that these two pockmarks on life germinated a mindset that led to 4 innocent people killed and nearly 200 injured. 

While the MSM tries everytime there is some outrageous act to blame Patriots, Republicans, Constitutionalists and the Tea Party or anyone who has an NRA sticker on their truck, I will go with the obvious.  From now on anytime a bomb goes off anyplace my first reaction is going to be to assume that the attacker is a radical Islamicist.  There is a very simple reason for this...essentially in nearly every case in my lifetime...radical Islamicists in fact have been responsible for these attacks.  I know of no actual bombings ever conducted by a Baptist Sunday School Teacher Middle Class Caucasian Married Father of Two War Veteran NRA member.  Never seen one.  Probably never will.  Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell and Barrack Obama for that matter can go straight to Hell.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

MSNBC and News

For all of the criticism that the left throws at FOXNEWS, the network has as many left wing pundits as it does right wing pundits.  Shift to MSNBC.  There is essentially one Conservative and Mr. Scarborough isn't even a card carrying member of the club anymore.  Getting your news from MSNBC is like getting your investment ideas from the Cartoon Network.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Boston Bombings

My thoughts are simple.  Find who did this.  Kill them.  That is all.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

14 People Stabbed at Lone Star College in Texas

I guess it is time for knife registration.  How long must we as a society sit idly by while evil people are able to get knives with little to know obstacles.  Clearly the only solution is to enact background checks and bans on large knives or switchblades.  Protect us from ourselves oh great Nanny State.

Pat Toomey is No Conservative

Not by any real definition.

Dealing with North Korea

When you have a petulant child the best solution is usually the rapid application of pain to the posterior.  The idiot in command in Pyongyang is a petulant child.  Commence Operation Clean Sweep and end the problem once and for all.

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Prayers for Pastor Warren

Earlier today reports started circulating that the son of Pastor Rick Warren has committed suicide.  It can be expected that there will be the usual suspects from the liberal left spewing hate at this time.  Pray for the Warren family. 

Friday, April 5, 2013

About Obama's 5% Voluntary Pay Cut

Listen knucklehead...if you really want to do something to show solidarity with the tens of millions of Americans suffering, how about give up the one vacation per month that your damn family keeps taking?  Try that instead!