Asleep at the Wheel

Biden is on NBC right now (7:10am Thursday) with Matt Lauer.  Matt quotes some of Palin's speech attacking Obama/Biden and ask Biden how he will respond to several statements.  Biden smiled, tilted his head with a stupid grin, and said "I'm not going to respond until I respond".

What??????

Does he need his speech writer to come up with the reply?

Talk about empty suits.  In Texas we call that "All hat, and no cattle".

I believe the democrats have suddenly developed a keen sense of morality.

John Edwards has been banned from making a speech at the Democratic National Convention for having an affair and lying about it.

In his place, Bill Clinton will be speaking.

2008 Democrat National Convention Schedule of Events
7:00 pm OPENING FLAG BURNING
7:15 pm PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE U.N.
7:20 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
7:25 pm NONRELIGIOUS PRAYER AND WORSHIP - Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton
7:45 pm CEREMONIAL TREE HUGGING - Darryl Hannah
7:55 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
8:00 pm HOW I INVENTED THE INTERNET - Al Gore
8:15 pm GAY WEDDING PLANNING - Rosie O'Donnell
8:35 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
8:40 pm OUR TROOPS ARE WAR CRIMINALS - John Kerry
9.00 pm MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SADDAM AND HIS SONS - Cindy Sheehan and Susan Sarandon
10:00 pm ANSWERING MACHINE ETIQUETTE - Alec Baldwin
11:00 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
11:05 pm COLLECTION FOR THE OSAMA BIN LADEN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT FUND - Barbara Streisand
11:15 pm FREE THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM GUANTANAMO BAY -Sean Penn 11:30 pm ORAL OFFICE AFFAIRS - William Jefferson Clinton
11:45 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
11:50 pm HOW GEORGE BUSH BROUGHT DOWN THE WORLD TRADE TOWERS -Howard Dean
12:15 am TRUTH IN BROADCASTING AWARD - Presented to Dan Rather by Michael Moore
12:25 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
12:30 am SATELLITE ADDRESS -Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
12:45 am NOMINATION OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA -Nancy Pelosi
1:00 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
1:05 am CORONATION OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
1:30 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
1:35 am Bill Clinton asks Ted Kennedy to drive Hillary home.

This in my email today.  I find it intellectually stirring, possibly eye opening. What do you think?

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http://www.tothepointnews.com/content/view/1117/90/

 JACK WHEELER is a brilliant man who was the author of
 Reagan's strategy to break the back of the Soviet
 Union with the star wars race and expose their inner
 weakness.  For years he wrote a weekly intelligence
 update that was extremely interesting and well
 structured and informed.  He consults(ed) with several
 mega corporations on global trends and the future,
 etc.  I think he is in semi-retirement now.  He is a
 true patriot with a no-nonsense approach to
 everything.  He is also a somewhat well known mountain
 climber and adventurer.


 Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler

 The O-man, Barack Hussein Obama, is an eloquently
 tailored empty suit.  No resume, no accomplishments,
 no experience, no original ideas, no understanding of
 how the economy works, no understanding of how the
 world works, nothing but abstract empty rhetoric
 devoid of real substance.

 He has no real identity. He is half-white, which he
 rejects. The rest of him is mostly Arab, which he
 hides but is disclosed by his non-African Arabic
 surname and his Arabic first and middle names as a way
 to triply proclaim his Arabic parentage to people in
 Kenya . Only a small part of him is African Black from
 his Luo grandmother, which he pretends he is
 exclusively.

 What he isn't, not a genetic drop of, is
 'African-American,' the descendant of enslaved
 Africans brought to America chained in slave ships.
 He hasn't a single ancestor who was a slave.  Instead,
 his Arab ancestors were slave owners.  Slave-trading
 was the main Arab business in East Africa for
 centuries until the British ended it.

 Let that sink in: Obama is not the descendant of
 slaves, he is the descendant of slave owners.  Thus he
 makes the perfect Liberal Messiah.

 It's something Hillary doesn't understand - how some
 complete neophyte came out of the blue and stole the
 Dem nomination from her.  Obamamania is beyond
 politics and reason.  It is a true religious cult,
 whose adherents reject Christianity yet still believe
 in Original Sin, transferring it from the evil of
 being human to the evil of being white.

 Thus Obama has become the white liberals' Christ,
 offering absolution from the Sin of Being White. There
 is no reason or logic behind it, no faults or flaws of
 his can diminish it, no arguments Hillary could make
 of any kind can be effective against it.  The
 absurdity of Hypocrisy Clothed In Human Flesh being
 their Savior is all the more cause for liberals to
 worship him: Credo quia absurdum, I believe it because
 it is absurd.

 Thank heavens that the voting majority of Americans
 remain Christian and are in no desperate need of a
 phony savior.

 His candidacy is ridiculous and should not be taken
 seriously by any thinking American.
 Pass this on to every thinking American you know!

We went to Coopies in Firewheel Town Center (190 & 78 in Garland) for dinner last night. This is sort of a spruced up version of Babes (the chicken dinner place) with a few variations. It was just OK, but I offer we were late- about 8:30 when we arrived, and that probably has a lot to do with our experience.

This place starts with a family style bowl of green salad with "southern made dressing" (oil and vinegar?) like Babes, but much better- they have added shredded cheddar and croûtons! Yum!

The generous portions of Chicken Fried Steak ("CFS" for short) and chicken tenders were very good, but had a lot of black pepper. Wife loves black pepper so she loved them. The CFS came with a tiny cup of creme gravy on the side- which I love it on the side- the crunchy goodness (texture!) isn't lost by the soaking up of the gravy. I often wish I could get orange chicken at the Chinese joint served that way. Well, maybe I should try asking. Anyway, bless them for thinking outside the box. However, the chicken tenders were served WITHOUT gravy. Hummm, whats up with that? Well, we coulda asked!

The King Ranch Casserole too soupy to be a true casserole (in our collective opinion), no cheese to be found to hold it together- my kid threw it back cause it was "not like moms". I ate it and it was tasty- with lots of peppers- but I can accept people make thing differently.

As for sides- tiny portions were served- mostly in tiny cups like Bone Daddy's used to do. But you do get three. Sort of a “sampler”. I suppose you could just order three of the same if it was one you really liked. I liked the mashed potatoes. I thought I found a dumpling in them. Odd, but actually kinda good. Anyway, they could use some sour cream. The English peas (called green beans here) had fresh chopped onions- the chili-lime bean salad had lots of fresh chopped onion. I am simply not a fan of raw onion. Both could be fine without it. I never tried the mac and cheese, but others said it was good (tiny, but good). the yams were simply half a small yam dropped on the plate. Oh, and the waiter made a point to inform us the potato salad was mayonnaise based- isn't that Yankee style potato salad? Well, they do advertise themselves as "home cooking", they just didn't say where that home was located! LOL

Wait staff was slow- in the beginning, it seemed as if none of them wanted to wait our table. I actually saw three of them debating it. We did come in at 8:30, so maybe they thought they would have to stay late if they took us? You know teenagers, they have things to do! Well, the industrious (and likely profit motivated!) guy who took our table seemed to end up with too many tables to serve, while the cute chicks sort of flittered about looking busy. Anyway, I always had an empty tea glass, we never got the home made cheezy biscuits we were promised twice (“they are making a fresh batch”), and nobody had any idea if the coconut cream pie had coconut IN it. Our waiter did volunteer to go ask. Manager said “just on top”. I skipped it as I don’t like pie that is just coconut flavored pudding- and the wife ordered it. It was LOADED with coconut IN it- and whipped cream on top instead of meringue- just the way I like it! Go figure.

Wife and I decided it was good enough to go back, but we would carefully pick our battles- go for the fried stuff- ask for more gravy- get there early enough to have someone actually WANT to wait on us-carefully pick our sides- or pick out the onions. Anyway, I say check it out if your in the neighborhood. I think this place has promise.

I am sure none of us have missed the stories surrounding the recent ex-governor of NY who hired call girls.

But some of us may have forgotten about the "I'M A GAY AMERICAN" ex-governor from New Jersey.  Oddly, his wife has come out making comments supporting the NY governors wife by saying how she was also "blindsided".  Really?  Then why is your ex going around saying the two of you had three ways with men before and after you were married, and didn't stop till he became governor?

And now the NEW NY governor and his wife admit to BOTH having affairs on several occasions during their "rocky marriage".  This just minutes after taking office. Can you say "damage control"? 

Wow, I think I am going to need a program to keep up with all the characters and their actions.

Then I ran across this story on the web.  It pretty much confirms what I suspected all along.  Cheating and Ho'ing is not a Republican or Democrat issue.  Now it doesn't even seem to be a male only issue, since the new NY Governors wife admits to having an affair as well. (I guess that makes his infidelity OK...?)

Find the story here.  Read it and post your comments!

A Mexican Consulate was speaking outside his offices in San Deigo and told illegal immigrant protesters that "This has been, and will be Mexico".

Those of you who think illegal immigration is not an problem might want to learn what Mexico is planning.

More of the story and video found HERE.

More in-box silliness-

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?
(I dont get this one)

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes? ( I have been saying this for years)

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, 'It's all right?'
Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, 'That really hurt, why don't you watch where you're going?'

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE......
The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons are suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends --
if they're okay, then it's you.

The founder of the Weather Channel believes AlGore should be sued for foisting this fable of fractious folly on the world.  He also believes the channel he founded has been taken over by climate change zealots.

Story found HERE.

What do you think?

Is AlGore a nut case who is simply sore over losing his bid for POTUSA and had to find some other way to self actualize?

Or is the sky really falling?

HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? (written by kids)
 
You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming.
-- Alan, age 10

No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. < BR>-- Kristen, age 10

WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED?
Twenty -three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then.
-- Camille, age 10

HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED?
You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids.
-- Derrick, age 8

WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON?
Both don't want any more kids.
-- Lori, age 8

WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE?
Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough
-- Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure)

On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that Usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date.
-- Martin, age 10

WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE   THAT WAS TURNING SOUR?
I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns.
-- Craig, age 9

WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE?
When they're rich.
-- Pam, age 7

The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that.
- - Curt, age 7

The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do.
-- Howard, age 8

IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED?
It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them.
-- Anita, age 9 (bless you child)

HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED?
There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there?
-- Kelvin, age 8

And the # 1 Favorite is........

HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK?
Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a dump truck.
-- Ricky, age 10
 

This showed up today in my "in box". Maybe it's old news- first time for me though. Supposed to be from a column written by a "good ol farm boy from Western Oklahoma". Well, maybe its from some suit on Madison Avenue- whatever, it makes sense to me.

"What's Under My Hat" by Monte Tucker----------January 28, 2008
Howdy friends and neighbors. Come on first Tuesday in November! I have already had about all of the Presidential election I can stand. Surely, somewhere out there in this great nation is a "good ol' boy or gal," that is worth voting for. You know, someone that has actually done something, not just talked about what they think they have done. It's only the first quarter in the game between the R's a nd the D's. Both sides keep talking about time for change. Just what are they going to change? They obviously haven't changed the game of politics. Billary and Bama Lama Ding Dong boost the word "change" every time I see the media put their face on my boob tube.

The first place they could start changing things would be on the Senate floor that they're already on. Just go and look at their voting records for the last several months and you will find they aren't showing up to vote.You know, the job they campaigned so hard to get by promising "change," but they just don't have the time. McCain isn't immune from this either.

Let's talk "change." What in the world do these hot air compressors think they are going to change and why? Again, I'm just a professional bovine relocation specialist (it's the 21st century, we used to call them cowboys). But the way I see it from Sunny Point , Oklahoma , how are they going to change the greatest nation in the world? All of the candidates are demandin g we must change! OK. I wake up a free man every morning and I'm free to do anything that is morally right or I can do nothing. If I choose to do something productive that day, well I can whistle at my dog, start up my ol' tan feed truck that I bought with the help of a free enterprising banking system I chose to use. Plus, there's the fact that other free Americans assembled this truck, and the companies that bought, sold and hauled parts and supplies to make that pickup possible. As I turn the key, ol' tans fires up on diesel fuel that a mean, nasty, big oil company conveniently made very accessible and affordable to me. I turn out of my land that I can freely own, onto a county maintained road that leads to any point in North America I would choose to go to that day. Also, in this country, I am free to own livestock and free to care for them so that the livestock will return a profit so I can repay my bank, buy my feed and fuel, and provide for my family. On Sunday Morning (or any other day that ends in "Y") my family is free to drive from our house on a ribbon of roads that lead to the Church of our choice and worship the real owner of all things we know, God. We can give praise to Him for all and especially for Jesus.

Why can't these hopefuls for the highest-ranking governmental seat see that it is just that simple? Provide me infrastructure and protect me from these knot-headed whack's that think they can take away our freedom. Billary, Bama Mama or McNobrain aren't going to change anything. The foundations of this great country can't be changed by one person, no matter how much they think they can. As Americans, we have the right to succeed or fail and try again as we please. As a free man, I'm getting good at failing but I get smarter when I try again.

When presidential candidates tout change, the only thing I see in this country that needs changing is them. Life in America is good and for those that don't think so, you're free to leave at any time, go to another country of your choice and try to change it.

I'm Monte Tucker, and that is what's under my professional bovine relocation specialist hat. Wait, I'm not changing, that is what's under my COWBOY hat!

Something I have been saying for a while now- These three front runners are all have jobs in the US Senate NOW. They can all introduce their plan any day. No need to wait for the big job- as that is not the job of the POTUSA anyway! It is always has been the job of Senators and Congressmen to introduce a "plan" (legislation).

Why do we have to wait? Are we hostages, unable to have the great plan until we give them the big job?

(Last February I wrote about our 25th anniversary. You can find it posted under my Feb 2007 archives. )

Punkin,

Today is the 26th anniversary of our wedding day. I am amazed how time flies. The last year has brought many great memories, and more than a couple of challenges. Regardless of whether it is feast of famine, I have been blessed to experience it all with you by my side.

No doubt the addition of Jackson to our family has changed things quite a bit.  He's like having a 60lb. toddler running around our house. Needless to say, its never a dull moment! Remember taking the family to the hill country- Jack barking as we walked down the hall of the hotel... Lattes out on the deck in Austin... Jack playing at the garden center... and the bluebonnet photos with Jack and James? The BBQ in Llanno? I guess it is about time to plan another one of those trips!

Then there was football season.  I never look forward to Friday nights as much as I did this past fall. Watching together as our son played under the lights in a real stadium was a huge thrill.

I loved our New York trip as well.  It was fun to finally get to see the city WITH YOU... and James (usually your working). That was an awesome trip. So glad we got to do it together.

There were many other wonderful moments as well, all of which were special because you were there.  I hope and pray for God's continued blessings on us this year.

Know that I love you with all my heart, and with God's blessings, I look forward to 26 more!

XOXOXO,
Cupcake

Couple in their nineties are both having problems remembering things.  
During a checkup, the doctor tells them that they're physically okay, but
they might want to start writing things down to help them remember.
Later that night, while watching TV, the old man gets up from his chair 
"Want anything while I'm in the kitchen?" he asks.
"Will you get me a bowl of ice cream?"
"Sure."
"Don't you think you should write it down so you can remember it?" she asks.
"No, I can remember it."
"Well, I'd like some strawberries on top, too.  Maybe you should write it down,
so's not to forget it?"
He says, "I can remember that.  You want a bowl of ice cream with strawberries."
"I'd also like whipped cream.  I'm certain you'll forget that, write it down?" she asks.
Irritated, he says, "I don't need to write it down, I can remember it! Ice cream with
strawberries and whipped cream - I got it, for goodness sake!"
Then he toddles into the kitchen. After about 20 minutes,
The old man returns from the kitchen and hands his wife a plate of bacon and eggs. 
She stares at the plate for a moment. "Where's my toast ?"

I keep hearing these words from the presidential candidates: "My Plan"

As far as I know, none of them have actually unveiled any real plans. Just simple platitudes- tax the rich, fix health care, save the middle class... yada yada yada.

As I recall, the Kerry campaign did exactly the same thing. Talked about his plan, but never revealed it.

So here is the thing. The thing I simply don't get. Where is the plan? Where can I read it? Is it on the internet? What are the details? How will it work? What is the upside, and the downside?

I mean, are we really going to elect someone President of the United States based on an empty promise of "my plan"? Because I simply don't believe there is a plan, beyond those platitudes.

Oh, and one more thing. Kerry, Clinton, and Obama all have one thing in common. they all CURRENTLY belong to a very exclusive club. Each is one of fifty to hold the title of United States Senator. Let us not forget that is the exclusive territory of the House and Senate to actually write, introduce and vote on LEGISLATION (a plan). That is to say, they can introduce THEIR PLAN any frickin day they want, and it is their duty to do so. We even pay them now (and forever) to do just that- give us a plan.

And if any of them actually have a plan, and it is half as great as they say, and as we are led to believe, I am sure the House and Senate would be happy to pass it, and I am sure any President would be glad to sign such brilliance into law.

Remember this- Presidents are not elected to write, introduce or vote on legislation. So Senators, why are you holding back? Why are you shortchanging the American people?

Why do you hold us hostage, saying: "elect me and I will show you my plan"?

We already did our part- when we elected you to the Senate.

Recently I witnessed an auto accident. A motorist was traveling though an intersection with a green light at about 40mph- the posted speed. On the cross street, a motorist pulled out from behind a large, tall 4WD pickup to enter the street and make a right turn on red. Unfortunately, since the driver could not see past the truck, she ran right into the side of the car crossing the intersection. The elderly people who had the right-of-way were injured, and I expect their older model car was totaled.

I stopped to render assistance, and provide my name as a witness as something about the other driver and her car led me to believe there would be trouble. Soon, the police arrived, and I left after giving my contact info. I was contacted the next day, and told the teen driver of the vehicle at fault had no license or insurance, and I recall her older car had a dealer tag too.

I expect Medicare or Medicaid will be picking up the bill, as the older couple only had liability insurance. That means you and I pay for it through federal taxes.

Also, a good friends wife was recently hit in the rear in a school zone. She had stopped for kids in the crosswalk, when a pickup plowed into her at over 35mph. The driver of the pickup had state mandated $15,000 liability. My friend’s nearly new car was totaled, at a replacement cost of over $19,000. Their insurance has to pick up the difference, plus medical, rent car etc. since the $15,000 is not even close to paying for the car alone.

It also seems that only 50% to 60% of drivers in Texas have state mandated liability insurance, and most only carry the minimum of $15,000, which wont pay for much. That leaves those who have a few extra dollars and a fairly nice car to have to carry uninsured motorist and personal injury protection, often at a high cost.

So...

I had an idea once to add a few cents tax onto a gallon of gas here in Texas to cover "uninsured motorist" cost. The state could funnel the money to a few insurance companies to manage the insurance. Each driver without mandatory liability insurance would then have a minimum of $15,000 provided through the state fund for uninsured motorist.

If you or I wanted to have additional liability insurance, we could still get that through our insurance provider, and all our auto insurance would be a lower cost because there would be NO uninsured motorist in Texas.

Furthermore, in the event of an accident with an uninsured motorist, the party without insurance should have their vehicle auctioned to the highest bidder, with proceeds going to the "victim" first to cover their additional cost over $15,000 (if any) and the remainder going to the state to help fund the program.

This would help greatly with the illegal alien problem of no insurance, and the low income folks who simply let their $49 policies lapse after renewing their license or registration or inspection, and it also help Texans insurance rates as travelers through the state would be assisting with the cost of the fund when they buy gas.