Democrats Running Away Before Obama Jobs Bill Senate Vote

Democrats scramble to save face on President Obama’s jobs bill.  The Hill.

Democratic leaders in the Senate are scrambling to avoid defections on President Obama’s jobs package, which appears headed for defeat on Tuesday.

Yes, it will look bad if any Dems actually vote nay for the current jobs bill coming up for a vote.   Repubs are about to embarrass the Dems, by exposing those who do not support their partisan leader.  Dems caught on tape.   

“Chicken.”
Image courtesy of http://www.gifmania.co.uk/birds/chicken/.

ADDENDUM

Moment of truth: Senate blocks Obama’s jobs bill.  HA.  The coast is clear.  All the chickens banded together to save face for an incapable Dem prez  by getting a Dem majority, to castigate perennial  blame upon the perceived obstructionist Repubs. 

The bill wasn’t designed to pass. If it was, Obama wouldn’t have loaded it up with tax hikes knowing that Republicans would reject them out of hand. It was designed to draw a party-line vote resulting in a filibuster so that O could (a) blame the GOP for the next 13 months of malaise while (b) claiming that they’d rather protect the rich (the one percent!!!) from new tax burdens than help America recover.

See:

• http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/186635-democrats-scramble-to-save-face-on-jobs-bill
• http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/11/moment-of-truth-senate-blocks-obamas-jobs-bill/

Giant Spider Gives Chase

Consider having this spider around for Halloween. 

The World’s Most Giant Killer Spider!!

January 4, 2007

Tapioca For Dessert Or For Ghouls

Tapioca.  It’s either “YUM” or “YECH.”

Depends on who and when you ask. 

Halloween Cocktails – Creepy Bubble Fun!.  Dabbled.  Quite the largesse of tapioca drink creations.  Novel to enjoy while imbibing your favorite brew.  Or brain recoiling if the thought of your lips touching giant fish eggs lingers in your mind from childhood.  Kerry got over it eventually though.

I couldn’t get past the memory of the pudding we wouldn’t eat  as kids.  Mom finally stopped making tapioca pudding because Dad called it “fish eggs,” and he eventually had us all permanently scarred. I envisioned my lovely pie filling teeming with fish eggs, and I was turned off completely.

But no more fear.  There is a plenty that can be done with those little pearls of tapioca starch.   Thai Coconut Tapioca Pudding with Cayenne-Spiced Mango.  Bon Appetit.  Tapioca Pudding at Simply Recipes will evoke memories.   A serving of some of these might forever banish the quivering thoughts of fish eggs. 

Are ya salivating yet?

“Thai Coconut Tapioca Pudding.”
Image courtesy of http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2006/01/thai_coconut_tapioca_pudding_with_cayenne_spiced_mango.

“Caviar martini.”
Image courtesy of http://dabbled.org/2008/10/halloween-cocktails-creepy-bubble-fun.html.

A little dry ice smoking around these with a black light at Halloween, might intrigue the guests. 

“Creepy Bubble Halloween Cocktails.”
Image courtesy of http://www.instructables.com/id/Creepy-Bubble-Halloween-Cocktails/.

See:

• http://dabbled.org/2008/10/halloween-cocktails-creepy-bubble-fun.html
• http://www.islandfoodie.com/tapioca.htm
• http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2006/01/thai_coconut_tapioca_pudding_with_cayenne_spiced_mango
• http://www.instructables.com/id/Creepy-Bubble-Halloween-Cocktails/
• http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/tapioca_pudding/

Some Inanimate Objects Are Male Or Female

Joke of the day.

Also at Inboxity.

Male or Female?You might not have known this, but a lot of non-living objects are actually either male or female. Here are some examples:

FREEZER BAGS: They are male, because they hold everything in, but you can see right through them.

PHOTOCOPIERS: These are female, because once turned off; it takes a while to warm them up again.

They are an effective reproductive device if the right buttons are pushed, but can also wreak havoc if you push the wrong Buttons.

TIRES: Tires are male, because they go bald easily and are often over inflated

HOT AIR BALLOONS: Also a male object, because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under their butt.

SPONGES: These are female, because they are soft, squeezable and retain water.

TRAINS: Definitely male, because they always use the same old lines for picking up people.

EGG TIMERS: Egg timers are female because, over time, all the weight shifts to the bottom.

HAMMERS: Male, because in the last 5000 years, they’ve hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

THE REMOTE CONTROL: Female. Ha! You probably thought it would be male, but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he’d be lost without it, and while he doesn’t always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

See:

• http://www.inboxity.com/view.asp?id=554&title=Male-or-Female-Non-living-Objects

Quinnipiac Finds Obama Sinking With Voters

October 6, 2011 – Obama And Economy Are In The Dumps, U.S. Voters Tell Quinnipiac University National Poll; End Saturday Mail To Cut Costs, Voters Say 4-1 .  Quinnipiac.

Quinnipiac Poll: Obama Hits New Low.  Fox.

disapprove 55 – 41 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, an all- time low

economy is in a recession

economy is getting worse

disapprove 48 – 34 percent of the way Obama is handling the Israeli- Palestinian dispute

“Obama’s approval rating sinks.”
Image courtesy ofhttp://www.freakingnews.com/Obama-Pictures-101364.asp.

See:

• http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1657
• http://nation.foxnews.com/polls/2011/10/06/quinnipiac-poll-obama-hits-new-low

Pot At The End Of The Rainbow

Golden pot awaits indulgence.

Credit to Makey1 who took this image, so that we may all enjoy.  Thanks!

Please give photo credit for Pot at the end of the rainbow. I took the photo a few years ago and am now finding it all over the web.The photo was taken less than a mile from my home near Silverton, Oregon

 

“Pot of gold.  Rainbow.”
Image courtesy of makey1 via http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/pot_of_gold_crapper.htm. 

See:

• http://gravatar.com/makey1

Shooting Blanks Never Held Him Back

Bond.

James Bond.

Before he started making money.  Even the debonair have to start somewhere.

“Pew! Pew! Pew!  If you drank fewer martinis you might have money for bullets.”
Image courtesy of http://history.icanhascheezburger.com/2011/09/24/funny-pictures-history-pew-pew-pew/.

Hiding Behind The Rules At Work

Joke of the day.

For those who bask in the rules book at work.  Top Fool has a truism.

Process and Procedure are the last hiding place of people without the wit and wisdom to do their job properly.

“LOL.”
Image courtesy of http://www.pyzam.com/funnypictures/details/10374.

See:

• http://freegif.123gifs.eu/clowns/clown-0009.gif
• http://topfool.com/officewisdom.html

Teacher Does Not Want To Hear Bless You When Someone Sneezes

Politically correct?  Or self-centered and demanding that students acquiesce to his will? 

It took parent’s complaints to make Steve Cuckovich, the teacher, back off.  Although he is dead set on punishment for uttering the timeless common courtesy, “Bless you,” after anyone sneezes in his classroom. 

Teacher penalizes students for saying “bless you”.  KFSN 30 ABC Ffresno. 

A Northern California teacher says he doesn’t want to hear a common courtesy in his classroom.

He’s even lowering students’ grades if they say “bless you” after someone sneezes.

“When you sneezed in the old days, they thought you were dispelling evil spirits out of your body,” Cuckovich said. “So they were saying, ‘God bless you’ for getting rid of evil spirits. But today, I said what you’re doing doesn’t really make any sense anymore.”

Teacher bans ‘bless you’ from health class.  Houston Chronicle.

The station’s report said Cuckovich’s classroom policy has “nothing to do with religion,” but some Christians will disagree. Those concerned about secularization in America, who see their faith threatened by a push for political correctness, may cite this case as another instance of getting God out of the country.

How about “Gesundheit?”  Is that an outdated practice that disrupts class too?  To your health!

See:

• http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/state&id=8372183
• http://blog.chron.com/believeitornot/2011/09/teacher-bans-%e2%80%98bless-you%e2%80%99-from-health-class/

America Was Sold Out Over Obamacare

The Failure of Health Care Reform: An Insider’s View.  Forbes.

Two major reasons why Obamacare happened.  Government strong-arming private enterprise.  Private enterprise rolling over without a fight.

First, the Obama administration and the Democrats who controlled Congress at the time made it clear that they would make life—and the ability to do business—hell for any insurer that fought them.  I can recall talking to an insurance company executive in August of 2009, the summer of the huge rallies against ObamaCare, who told me he had a stack of red folders on his desk—demands from Democratic committee chairmen for various types of information.  The message was clear: get on board with ObamaCare or expect to spend a lot of time answering committee demands, or testifying before Congress, or worse.  So far I haven’t found anyone willing to speak out on the record about these strong-arm tactics—and probably won’t until 2013.

Second, the primary health insurance trade association, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)—which is run by, Karen Ignani, who worked as a Democratic Hill staffer and for the AFL-CIO—never took an aggressive stand against ObamaCare.

As much as no one likes being pushed into a corner, as much as  the choices at hand may be so negative, following along sometimes means pure  survival.  

But when the American government rained down on the insurance industry to get its way, the insurance groups became accomplices by standing  quietly, while the entire nation was sold out. 

Big government and big business in the coven of flaming liberalism, coming together for a faux crisis.  Just like the phrase goes, “Never let a crisis go to waste.”      

See:

• http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillmatthews/2011/09/29/the-failure-of-health-care-reform-an-insiders-view/