Teetering A Fine Balance

Doing anything exciting this weekend?

See how this man balances his life.  See more images here.

Metro UK.

Norwegian stuntman Eskil Ronningsbakken balances on the side of a cliff in Norway as a man points a fake gun at him. 

Image courtesy of  http://www.metro.co.uk/galleryDetailPage.html?in_gallery_id=2185&in_page_id=3&in_image_id=26806&in_category_id=2087.

Pelosi on CIA, ‘They mislead us all the time.’

In a follow-up to Speaker Of The House Getting Tangled Up in her explanations about her knowledge of enhanced interrogation techiniques such as waterboarding used by the CIA on terrorists, where Speaker of the House Ms. Nancy Pelosi also said, ”They misrepresented every step of the way,” Leon Panetta to CIA employees: We told Pelosi the truth.

See Pelosi’s Media Briefing on the Interrogation Controversy transcript on exactly what was said. 

But now, Pathetic: Pelosi plays down CIA criticism, blames Bush instead.  Typical politician.  Punt blame to someone completely out of the current picture, who has functioned as a convenient scapegoat for many ills previously. 

Fairly, to call the spade the spade, Gingrich: Pelosi ‘Lied,’ ‘Despicable,’ ‘Dishonest,’ ‘Vicious,’ ‘Trivial’.

Predictions for this weekend: More explanations and backtracking.  Can Ms. Pelosi handle the heat?

 
“Can you handle the heat?”
Image courtesy of http://www.myspacepimper.com/images/222671/CAN-YOU-HANDLE-THE-HEAT-.htm.

No Limits Obama Card For Indebting The American Taxpayer

The Obama Card.  A new way of doing business in the United States.  Special card and rates available to select American government officials only.  RNC.

Some things your tax money shouldn’t buy… that’s not gonna stop him from trying.

The Obama Card

May 13, 2009

Hat tip, No Sheeples.

Speaker Of The House Getting Tangled Up

It is a real sad day when a powerful member in a high ranking position of  American government, becomes entangled in a web of deception of their own spinning.  Their slick ways have enabed them a ticket to the top of their game.  Shocking?  Or confirmatory?  Looks like someone needs de-tangler.  And fast.   Naked Emperor News.

Lie Exposed: Pelosi’s Power, Oversight and Control of the CIA Two months after being briefed on Waterboarding. Nancy Pelosi in her own words allocating money, admitting her oversight role, and saying the interrogation community deserves our appreciation.

Lie Exposed: Pelosi’s Power, Oversight and Control of the CIA after being briefed on Waterboarding

May 13, 2009

Pelosi Acknowledges She Was Told of Waterboarding in 2003.  NYT.  Just days before, Pelosi was Deep in Denial.  Vodkapundit.

Congress and Waterboarding - Nancy Pelosi was an accomplice to ‘torture.’  So notes Karl Rove at the WSJ.

Hazy recollections of what transpired time ago always seems to be an excuse.  Ms. Nancy Pelosi’s explanations continue to shift with the political windstorm that may ultimately rip her sails apart.  For the time being, Founding Bloggers came up with a new seal with which she may proudly cloak herself.

 “Seal of the Liar.  United States House of Representatives.”
Imagecourtesy of http://www.foundingbloggers.com/wordpress/2009/05/the-new-official-seal-of-the-speaker-of-the-house/. 

Army Soldier Takes On Firefight In Boxers

What’s wrong with this picture?  Nope. 

What’s right with this picture?

Patriotism and a work ethic that jumps into action on the fly.  Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Image courtesy of http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1375079.html.

That’s 19-year old Spc. Zachary Boyd of Fort Worth in a firefight in Afghanistan.  Helmet and vest clad, sans pants and boots.

The U.S. Army’s finest.  Hard at work.  At a moment’s notice, soldiers can rise from sleeping to fighting, even if it’s in their boxers.  Even if they are pink with the “I love NY” logo. 

Hats off to Spc. Boyd, for doing his duty, even when he did not have the opportunity to get the rest of his uniform on before a firefight.

Surprise At The Massage Therapist From In Living Color

Sit back and enjoy a classic from In Living Color.  “Small Wedgie Only.”  Jamie Foxx.  Tommy Davidson.  “T’keyah” Crystal Keymah.  Wanda, the massage therapist.  Season 3, episode 25.

That was Jamie Foxx in 1992, well before his Academy Award in 2005 for Best Actor in the film, “Ray.”

Wanda provides the massage of a lifetime, with her genuine talent, and will leave you rolling on the floor in hysterical laughter with her specialized techniques and delivery.  Comedy at its best.

Thanks to TangoBravoEcho. 

Wanda the Massage Therapist

January 12, 2008

The Right To Bear Arms Per The Founding Fathers

The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.  Most recognizable as the one that gives citizens the right to keep and bear arms. 

Some thoughts by Thomas Jefferson, Geore Washington, James Madison, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Paine.

Thanks to overmind25. 

Founding Fathers: The Right to Bear Arms

October 14, 2007

Free Cup Of Coffee

Cup ‘a Joe Free!

Get yours now from Cartoline and do enjoy your day.  Fun.

Click here and follow instructions on the interactive flash e card.

Slow Motion Surfer Wave

Cool.  From BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00jq11gHD

super slow motion video of big wave surfer Dylan Longbottom in a 12 foot monster barrel – the first shots of their kind ever recorded.

HD: Super Slo-mo Surfer! – South Pacific – BBC Two

May 06, 2009

Unabashed Attacks Veiled In Comedy Served At WHC Dinner

As usual, the headlines say it all.  The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is now memorable for a not so memorable reason.  Comedienne Wanda Sykes makes a joke about Rush Limbaugh being the 20th hijacker on the 9/11 attacks.  And then she hopes his kidneys will fail.  And saying that he needs waterboarding.

Many might say, one would have had to have been there to have appreciated the moment.  Doubtful.  The loss of so many lives in the greatest terroristic attack against the United States on its own soil, is no laughing matter.  Ever.  Comparing any American to a terrorist in that light, even one with fundamental political beliefs that are contradictory, is not an excuse to make that person a target for such a personal attack.   The fact that Barack Obama, as a guest at the dinner, and worst as the president of the United States, freely laughed along and commiserated his pleasure with fellow guests, demonstrates his poor judgment for approving this comedienne’s incendiary and disrespectful display.   A poor reflection indeed.  A mother would be ashamed of both of them, and all those at the dinner that merrily enjoyed. 

Is it not possible to do comedy without personal attacks? 

Thank God For Barack Obama and Wanda Sykes.  NQ.  With videos.

I will give a comedian some leeway, normally. But Wanda Sykes crossed a fucking line here. And it was not even remotely funny. I am not a Rush Limbaugh fan. I think he is a self-important propagandist. But this attack on him is wrong and worrying. 

O.K. For Obama to Laugh At Jokes About Torturing Rush Limbaugh and His Kidney’s Failing? - But NOT O.K. to hope Obama’s plan to turn America into a socialist state fails? Flopping Aces.

Shocker!… AP Covers For Obama Laughing at Limbaugh Death Joke.  Gateway Pundit.

Must have hit hard enough to even have CBS’s Smith: Olbermann Thought Sykes Joke ‘In Bad Taste’.  Newsbusters.  

No Laughing Matter.  NRO.

Laughter can be a beautiful thing, a great gift in difficult times…  Laughter can also be something vicious, coming from a very dark place. 

Jokes about our former president and vice president. Jokes about interrogation. Jokes about gay marriage. Jokes about abstinence. Jokes about terrorism. Jokes about addiction. Jokes about abortion and embryo destruction. And the president of the United States was the headliner, responsible for some but not all of the shamefulness of the night.

David Feherty shouldn’t get pass for tasteless joke – but neither should Wanda Sykes.  NY Daily News.  Does the critical turn-the-table test to see if it passes.

But what if Limbaugh, white talk show host, goes on the air and says that Sykes, black comedian, is about half-a-terrorist and that, oh by the way, he hopes she dies? Is he allowed to say he’s just an entertainer, and tell everybody to lighten up?

Not funny: Barack Obama laughs at Wanda Sykes “joke” about wanting Rush Limbaugh dead.  The Telegraph.

That’s way, way beyond reasoned debate or comedy and Obama’s reaction to it was astonishing.

Imagine if a comedian ”joked” that Obama was a terrorist who was guilty of treason and should be tortured and allowed to die. There would justifiably be an outcry.

And Obama laughing when someone wishes Limbaugh dead? Hard to take from the man who promised a new era of civility and elevated debate in Washington.

Yes.  Role reversal certainly shines the light on the ugly spectacle of what was said, and what was digested as jest, by some folks who really should know better and be acting commensurate with their postion.  Unless of course, they truly believe what was said.