Why can't liberals ever answer a direct question?

Part 432 in a running series:



Ed Morrissey at Hot Air:

Only one ticket in this race has a record of independent thought and action. Obama/Biden are machine politicians, never rocking the Democratic boat. Both McCain and Palin have actual experience doing what Obama only talks about. When pressed on this point, the only defense Team Obama has are a few co-sponsorships that didn’t even warrant a roll-call vote. Obama has never risked his standing in the party to champion any sort of reform or any kind of legislation at all.

Completely irrelevant side-note: What is up with Axelrod's hair? Dude, shave that melon...

Update: DPUD checks in with more liberal dodging...

Bullshit Officiating Call of the Day (Updated with Video)

Watching the BYU/Washington game today...Washington drives 80 yards to make the score BYU 28 Washington 27 with 2 seconds left.

The officials call "unnecessary celebration", backing Washington up 15 yards on the extra point.

The extra point, a practical chip shot from the 10, is blocked from the 25.

Once again, college football officials keep thinking the game is about them. Instead of letting the players decide the game, and giving the fans the opportunity to see an overtime finish, some weak-ass official is feeling all important now because he applied the rules.

Because you know...rules ARE rules.

What a crock of shit. When the game story is available, I'll link to it.

Even sportswriters are full of crap sometimes:

Jake Locker drove the Huskies 76 yards in 17 plays, capped by his 2-yard plunge to pull Washington within one. But Locker was called for unsportsmanlike conduct after the touchdown; replays showed Locker throwing the ball in the air before jumping with his teammates in the end zone.

Uh no. Locker did not "throw the ball in the air". He flipped it casually over his shoulder. His celebration was no more "excessive" than any of the celebrations following the games other 7 touchdowns.

You DON'T make that call in this situation. You let the players decide the game.

Unless of course you are a self-important shit-head of an official who thinks he's why everyone came to see the game.

Update: Oh. The celebration rule was a "point of emphasis" for officials this year. Which means the officials are just looking for an excuse to call it.



The Last Word... Asswipe Pac 10 official Larry "Fine" Farina has a defense for his poor judgement...he apparently isn't allowed to show ANY judgement in cases like this:

"After scoring the touchdown, the player threw the ball into the air and we are required, by rule, to assess a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty," Pac-10 referee Larry Farina said in a statement give to Washington officials. "It is a celebration rule that we are required to call. It was not a judgment call."

Gratuitous Commercial post of the day

Can't believe I hadn't seen this until now:

How to Make a Tree Commit Homicide

A video that will make you want to bite off the head of a spotted owl. From StillStacy.

Four "Bird Rock Bandits" headed for jail

OK...that's JAIL. All you friends of these guys can stop telling me how "innocent" they are. The judge didn't think so:

Superior Court Judge John S. Einhorn ordered Eric House, 21, and Matthew Yanke, 22, to serve 210 days each in jail. Orlando Osuna, 23, was sentenced to 349 days in jail. The three had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Emery Kauanui Jr., 24.

Henri “Hank” Hendricks, 22, was sentenced to 90 days in jail. He had pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact.

Einhorn said he chose probation and county jail over prison because of the defendants lack of criminal history and apparent ability to comply with the terms of probation. He also said he believed they were genuinely remorseful and noted there was no evidence that any of them threw the fatal punch.

However, the judge also noted that not one of the men stopped to help Kauanui when he lay bleeding on the ground.

This isn't over. The remaining "Bandit" who is accused of throwing the punch that killed Kauanui, Seth Cravens, goes on trial next month.

On open letter to Ann and Nancy Wilson (Updated)

I've spent hundreds of dollars on your concerts, records, tapes, and CD's. I think your music is terrific.

Having said that...

Ann and Nancy Wilson are pissed at the Republican Party and have fired off a cease and desist letter to the McCain/Palin campaign.

Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic "Barracuda" as a theme song for Sarah Palin. TMZ obtained a statement from Heart's rep, who says "The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission."

Cry me a freakin' river. You've just INSURED that whenever your 30 year old song is played, people will now think "Sarah Palin".

So what will you do now, follow the McCain/Palin campaign with a lawyer and threaten a lawsuit every time they play it?

Screw you. And if you manage to take this video down (which I did not do), I have all of your songs loaded and ready to make videos...every time doing something to glorify the Republicans:



Update: Barracuda co-writers: Quit your whining!

Listen here...at the last 5 minutes of the first hour and the first 10 minutes of the second hour:

I was talking about Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart being outraged that the McCain campaign was using their song "Barricuda" at the GOP convention. They chose that song because "barracuda" was Sarah Palin's nickname in high school.

As I was discussing that story, two original members of Heart - both of whom shared songwriting credits on Barricuda - called in to say they had no problem with the McCain campign's use of the song. I heard from drummer Mike DeRosier and guitarist Roger Fisher.

Curious

About his name and affiliations.

His name doesn't sound very Jihad-y. I heard it on the radio, but couldn't find it online. Guess he thought he was an army of one.

What Community Organizers Do

"ACORN does not collect background checks on their employees":



ACORN apparently doesn't pay their "employees" either:



And "raping" voter rolls:



From Michelle Malkin:

As I’ve reported previously, Obama’s community organizing days revolved around training grievance-mongers from the far left group ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). The ACORN mob is infamous for its bully tactics (which they dub “direct actions”); Obama supporters have recounted his role in organizing an ambush of a government planning meeting on a landfill project opposed by Chicago minority lobbies.

With benefactors like Obama in office, ACORN has milked nearly four decades of government subsidies to prop up chapters that promote the welfare state, undermine the free market, and perpetuate illegal immigration and voter fraud.

Now, don’t you dare challenge his commitment to following tax and election laws. And don’t you even think of entertaining the possibility that The One exploited a non-profit supposedly focused on helping low-income people for political gain.

He was just “organizing” his “community."

I'm just sayin'

Marsha Marsha Marsha

From Tennessee naturally.




Favorite quote, delivered with a winning smile.

To all the gray suits in the booth up here...Listen up! As a wife, a mother, a business woman and public servant, neither governor Palin nor I need you to tell us what our limitations are when we might have taken on too much or when we might have reached too far!

Do you think we could fix social security if we just tax all of the men who've declared their undying love to Sarah Palin this week? Not very conservative idea, I know, but I'm a pragmatist.

Marsha's pretty lovable too, don't you think?

Bitter Clingers

Due to economic instability, high gas prices, and a government that doesn't care, my friend Michelle (we call her Two-Ells) and I have become very bitter. After spending some time on Sunday clinging to my religion, I popped on over to her corrugated tin shack to see if she would like to punch a few holes in some targets on Tuesday.

On Tuesday night, she dug through her gun closet, stacking her bandoliers, flash supressors, and chemical suits until she found the gun she most enjoyed clinging to.

Here's how we did.

This is the big target we shot up with the KelTec P32 at about 10 yards.

Here's the KelTec P32



It's teensy and has a very long trigger pull, so you have to be extra bitter and clingy to shoot a round off. Luckily we are just that type.

The next thing we fired was the FN Five Seven.




This is Two-Ells more than 15 yards from the target.

She was complaining about her accuracy. I reminded her that she was shooting at a target the size of a mosquito's ass at a very long distance. I also had her look at the giant target belonging to the two frat daddies over to our left, decided she could accomplish what they did drunk and blindfolded and she felt more confident.

Here's her grouping. She must have been very very bitter.



I like the Five Seven. It's loud. It makes a big fire ball, and it shoots like butta.

Here's a shot of me with my .38 revolver. It's the least fun to shoot, but revolvers are user friendly. I don't like a lot of accessories that can break.



(I wish I had curled my hair in the back. I'll remember that next time. I did make sure she didn't get my butt in the picture.)

Here's my grouping. I think my target is sideways here, because I shot them all to the right a bit.



So altogether we did pretty well for being so damn bitter and unhappy with our lot in life. You know sometimes life gives you lemons and you just have to find a way to make lemonade.

And if you're made of paper and you're very still and you don't flutter much and I meet you in a dark alley, you better run the other way buddy.

Side note: Two Ells was actually called "bitter" by the poor Josh behind the register. Maybe because she said "Listen Chatty Kathy, just give us the damn targets already!" She had a hard dinner discussion with an overly talkative male earlier, and poor Josh got a little delayed explosion. She's usually very nice.

Update: Girls clinging to guns and religion at the same time, a day earlier than me, at the very same range and blogging about it. Weird.

Newsflash: Obama to visit proctologist

Presumably to remove Sarah Palin's boot from his ass:

Sarah Palin's Speech

There were several moments in the speech where I was waiting for Sarah to choke up. Places I know George Bush would have choked up (he cries easily, ever notice?). When she was talking about special needs kids, when she referenced her son and nephew going to fight, when she spoke about McCain smiling through that pinhole. I'm getting teary right now, but she didn't. She's one of those people who eats adversity for breakfast.

Many were waiting anxiously to hear her stand up to the critics. I was glad to see that she just smiled and walked past them laughing as if she has bigger moose to shoot.

Come to think of it, if I could get someone to photoshop an image of the democrat donkey with moose antlers in the crosshairs of a scope, I would be ever so grateful.

Live Blogging the RNC

6:48pm What the hell are you doing here? You want REAL live-blogging, go here or here...

Me? I'm only here for one reason...to see Sarah Palin return fire:



7:01: Rudy! Rudy! Rudy! (my original choice)

7:08: Rudy opens up a can of whoopass on Barry O. "For President of the United States, it's not good enough to be 'present'."

7:15: "Drill, Baby Drill"...the chant begins...certainly different than the DNC chant of "Drill Babies, drill!"

7:26 Rudy has just given the most electrifying speech of the Convention...yet. Methinks in about 10 minutes, Sarah Palin will tear the roof down.

7:29: Sarah takes the stage...pandemonium! I don't remember Biden getting this kind of ovation

7:32: After a 3 minute ovation, Sarah accepts the nomination. Why am I more excited about her as VP than any of the other candidates?

7:37: Uh oh...Sarah Palin mentions her family...mainstream media prepares attacks in 3...2...1..., but hold on. "To the families of special needs children...I pledge that if we're elected you will have a friend and advocate in the White House". Attack that, bitches!

7:43: Sarah Palin BLOWS UP Obama! I'm sure we'll have video later...

7:47: Sarah Palin pledges a "servant's heart"...a concept completely unclear to Obama/Biden. Where did that come from? You can find out on Sundays....

7:52: Palin explains oil and energy dependency...the Obama cam: "Uhhhhh....what?"

7:56: HOLY SHIT...Sarah Palin can run some serious Smak! Screw an Biden/Palin debate...I'd LOVE to see the Obama/Palin debate. Also...anyone think Sarah Palin couldn't kick his ass on a basketball court?

8:08: Wow. I know that gaybot Chris Matthews is incapable of feeling a tingle up his leg, but I've got the chills all over.

Sarah Palin is ready for the fight.

8:10: John McCain comes on stage. I'm 100% on board.

Yay Cowboy Troy! (Michele)

"We didn't have time to get into everything..."

Watch as Megyn Kelly bitch-slaps shit-eating US editor Bradley Jacobs:



"Didn't have time to get into everything."

Well, shit-head...how about NOT PRINTING LIES AND HALF TRUTHS until you have the time to check your sources?

Thank you Megyn Kelly for getting up this guy's ass.

Moron in-chief:

What makes it great was Kelly's outraged prosecutor demeanor-- and the sucker of cock smear artist's rat-like grin as he lied, knowing he was lying, knowing he was caught lying, but grinning anyway as if to say, "Yeah? And what can you do about it?"

Poignant observation of the day

Courtesy of Michael Ramirez:

When will pro athletes ever learn?

You're a professional athlete making millions. You can drive any vehicle you want, you can live in any home you want. You are at the top of your game, you get to play a boys' game for your living. You are set for life.

So why y'all keep going out late at night on a hoochie hunt?

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier was shot and critically wounded outside an apartment building early Tuesday as he and a former teammate waited for two women they had met at a nightclub, police said.

Collier, 26, and former Jaguars defensive end Kenneth Pettway were waiting in a Cadillac Escalade when a gunman fired into the vehicle, said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson. Collier was shot several times, but it wasn't clear where he was hit.

Collier was in critical condition at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, a nursing supervisor said early Tuesday. Later, spokesman Chris Turner said the hospital was no longer giving updates on Collier's condition. Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio said Collier's family had requested privacy.

I know the NFL security team repeatedly warns players of the pitfalls of clubbing. Here's a hint...if you are a pro athlete, and the clock strikes 11, GO HOME.

I wish I could say my heart goes out to Collins and his family. I cannot. I am just sick of these athletes who are repeatedly being caught in the "wrong place at the wrong time".

Yeah right. These guys choose to be in the wrong place at the wrong time:

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Jaguars running back Fred Taylor was ordered out of his car at gunpoint, patted down and handcuffed while a K-9 unit searched his vehicle for drugs outside a Miami Beach nightclub over the weekend, according to a police report released Tuesday.

Taylor yelled at officers repeatedly and was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor, after they advised him three times to quiet down, according to Miami Beach Police.

According to the report, police were called to Club Cristal around 4 a.m. Saturday to respond to an altercation. When officers arrived, they were advised that there might be firearms in a green Mercedes Benz, Taylor's wife's car. They then ordered Taylor and his friends out of the car, which irritated Jacksonville's all-time leading rusher and ultimately led to his arrest.

Guns n' Girls

My post on guns is up at Culture11. Tonight is ladies night. My best friend and I are going tear up some targets. Perhaps I will take some pix and post them.

This just in!

Scoreboard photo courtesy of Bruinsnation

Ordinarily, I'd have a lot to say...but I am still freakin' pooped from an evening at the Rockin' Rose Bowl.

Bruin QB Kevin Craft went from nearly being run out of town to a legend in one quarter.



Pay up, Holmes!

Now is the time in the blog where we dance:

"I'm voting for a man I can imagine drowning a bag of cats"

I might have actually committed to voting for this guy had he jumped in a little earlier:


Old, Grizzled Third-Party Candidate May Steal Support From McCain

Palin's Daughter is Pregnant

In the news today.

And because I am an anger addict, I went that place that shall not be linked today.

Palin stated that it was her daughter's choice to keep the baby, and that the family is rallying around her.

The screechers are crying "Wait! Did she say choice? Are the pregnancy pushers pro-choice when it comes to their own daughters, but anti-choice when it comes to all of us?!"

No! You shit for brains. The choice is whether to raise the child herself with the help of the family, or to give it up for adoption.

Can I say one thing? It blows my mind how worked up these "feminists" can get over the trauma of pregnancy and birth. Personally, pregnancy and birth were not traumatic for me. A little puke, a lot of swelling, an epidural, and two speedy births. Why is an abortion, which is a bloody and painful and potentially injurious procedure that destroys a life not considered traumatic by them? Why is it preferable? Why is the noble and painful choice to let a child live and go on to another family somehow not considered heroic? Why is the decision to face the music and prove your mettle by keeping an unexpected child considered weak by these lazy women?

I can only conclude that these feminists base their whole belief system on being able to maintain a constant weakness in character.

When the zombies come, they will make a great meat wall.

Um. I didn't say that.